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Circular 1270: A science strategy to support management decisions related to Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and excess nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin

Circular 1268: Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000, by S.S. Hutson, N.L. Barber, J.F. Kenny, K.S. Linsey, D.S. Lumia, and M.A. Maupin—ONLINE ONLY

Circular 1267: The Tufas of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, by Larry Benson

Circular 1265: Water Quality in the Nation’s Streams and Aquifers Overview of Selected Findings, 1991–2001, by P.A. Hamilton, T.L. Miller, and D.N. Myers

Circular 1262: Ground water in freshwater-saltwater environments of the Atlantic Coast, by P.M. Barlow

Circular 1260: Heat as a Tool for Studying the Movement of Ground Water Near Streams, edited by D.A. Stonestrom and Jim Constantz

Circular 1258: Monitoring amphibians in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, by C.K. Dodd, Jr.

Circular 1254: The world's largest floods, past and present: Their causes and magnitudes, by J.E. O'Connor and J.E. Costa

Circular 1250: Proceedings of the Federal Interagency Workshop on Turbidity and other Sediment Surrogates, April 30-May 2, 2002, Reno Nevada, Edited by J.R. Gray and G.D.Glysson

Circular 1247: Evolving issues and practices in managing ground-water resources case studies on the role of science, by D.L. Galloway, W.M. Alley, P.M. Barlow, T.E. Reilly and Patrick Tucci

Circular 1245: Large floods in the United States: Where they happen and why, by J.E. O'Connor and J.E. Costa

Circular 1243: Water in storage and approaches to ground-water management, High Plains Aquifer, 2000, by V.L. McGuire, M.R. Johnson, R.L. Schieffer, J.S. Stanton, S.K. Sebree, and I.M. Verstraeten

Circular 1240: Water Quality in the Cook Inlet Basin Alaska, 1998.2001, by R.L. Glass, T.P. Brabets, S.A. Frenzel, M.S. Whitman, and R.T. Ourso

Circular 1239: Water Quality on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, 1999–2001, by S.S. Anthony, C.D. Hunt, Jr., Anne M.D. Brasher, L.D. Miller, and M.S. Tomlinson

Circular 1238: Water Quality in the Santa Ana Basin, California, 1999–2001, by Kenneth Belitz, S.N. Hamlin, C.A. Burton, Robert Kent, R.G. Fay, and Tyler Johnson

Circular 1237: Water Quality in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, 1999–2000, by G.J. Fuhrer, J.L. Morace, H.M. Johnson, J.F. Rinella, J.C. Ebbert, S.S. Embrey, I.R. Waite, K.D. Carpenter, D.R. Wise, and C.A. Hughes

Circular 1236: Water Quality in the Great Salt Lake Basins Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, 1998.2001, by K.M. Waddell, S.J. Gerner, S.A. Thiros, E.M. Giddings, R.L.Baskin, J.R. Cederberg, and C.M. Albano

Circular 1235: Water Quality in the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins, Idaho, Montana, and Washington, 1999–2001, by G.M. Clark, R.R. Caldwell, T.R. Maret, C.L. Bowers, D.M. Dutton, and M.A. Beckwith

Circular 1234: Water Quality in the Yellowstone River Basin Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, 1999-2001, by DA. Peterson, K.A. Miller, T.T. Bartos, M.L. Clark, S.D. Porter, and T.L. Quinn

Circular 1233: Water Quality in the Lower Tennessee River Basin Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Georgia, 1999–2001, by M.D. Woodside, A.B. Hoos, J.A. Kingsbury, J.R. Powell, R.R. Knight, J.W. Garrett, R.L. Mitchell III, and J.A. Robinson

Circular 1231: Water Quality in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1999–2001, by J. Brian Atkins, Humbert Zappia, J.L. Robinson, A.K. McPherson, R.S. Moreland, D.A. Harned, B.F. Johnston, and J.S. Harvill

Circular 1230: Water Quality in the Upper Illinois River Basin Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1999–2001, by G.E. Groschen, T.L. Arnold, M.A. Harris, D.H. Dupré, F.A. Fitzpatrick, B.C. Scudder, W.S. Morrow, Jr., P.J. Terrio, K.L. Warner, and E.A. Murphy

Circular 1229: Water Quality in the Great and Little Miami River Basins Ohio and Indiana, 1999–2001, by G.L. Rowe, Jr., D.C. Reutter, D.L. Runkle, J.A. Hambrook, S.D. Janosy, and L.H. Hwang

Circular 1228: Water Quality in the Delmarva Peninsula Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 1999-2001, by J.M. Denver, S.W. Ator, L.M. Debrewer, M.J. Ferrari, J.R. Barbaro, T.C. Hancock, M.J. Brayton, and M.R. Nardi

Circular 1227: Water Quality in the Delaware River Basin Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware, 1998-2001, by J.M. Fischer, Karen Riva-Murray, R.E. Hickman, D.C. Chichester, R.A. Brightbill, K.M. Romanok, and M.D. Bilger

Circular 1226: Water Quality in the New England Coastal Basins, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, 1999–2001, by K.W. Robinson, S.M. Flanagan, J.D. Ayotte, K.W. Campo, Ann Chalmers, J.F. Coles, and T.F. Cuffney

Circular 1225: The Quality of our Nation's Waters

Circular 1224:Assessing ground-water vulnerablity to contamination: Providing scientifically defensible information for decision makers, by M.J. Focazio, T.E. Reilly, M.G. Rupert, D.R. Helsel

Circular 1223:Report to Congress—Concepts for National Assessment of Water Availability and Use

Circular 1222:Ground-water resources of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico, by J.R. Bartolino and J.C. Cole

Circular 1217:Ground-water-level monitoring and the importance of long-term water-level data, by C.J. Taylor and W.M. Alley

Circular 1216: Water quality in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington and British Columbia, 1996-98, by J.C. Ebbert, S.S. Embrey, R.W. Black, A.J. Tesoriero, and A.L. Haggland

Circular 1215: Water quality in the Sacramento River Basin, California, 1994-98, by J.L. Domagalski, D.L. Knifong, P.D. Dileanis, L.R. Brown, J.T. May, Valerie Connor, and C.N. Alpers.

Circular 1214: Water quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1996-98, N.E. Spahr, L.E. Apodaca, J.R. Deacon, J.B. Bails, N.J. Bauch, CM. Smith, and N.. Driver

Circular 1213 -- Water quality in the Central Arizona Basins Arizona, 1995-98, G.E. Cordy, D.J. Gellenbeck, J.B. Gebler, D.W. Anning, A.L. Coes, R.J. Edmonds, J.A.H. Rees, and H.W. Sanger

Circular 1212: Water quality in south-central Texas, 1996-98, by P.W. Bush, A.F. Ardis, Lynne Fahlquist, P.B. Ging, C.E. Hornig, and Jennifer Lanning-Rush

Circular 1211: Water quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, and North Dakota, 1995-98, by J.R. Stark, P.E. Hanson, R.M. Goldstein, J.D. Fallon, A.L. Fong, K.E. Lee, S.E. Kroening, and W.J. Andrews

Circular 1210: Water quality in the eastern Iowa Basins, Iowa and Minnesota, 1996-98, by S.J. Kalkhoff, K.K. Barnes, K.D. Becher, M.E. Savoca, D.J. Schnoebelen, E.M. Sadorf, S.D. Porter, and D.J. Sullivan

Circular 1209: Water quality in the Lower Illinois River Basin, Illinois, 1995-98, by G.E. Groschen, M.A. Harris, R.B. King, P.J. Terrio, and K.L. Warner

Circular 1208: Water quality in the Mississippi Embayment, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky 1995-98, by B.A. Kleiss, R.H. Coupe, G.J. Gonthier, and B.G. Justus

Circular 1207: Water quality in southern Florida, 1996-98, by B.F. McPherson, R.L. Miller, K.H. Haag, and Anne Bradner

Circular 1206:Water quality in the Santee River Basin and Coastal Drainages, North and South Carolina,1995-98, by W.B. Hughes, T.A.Abrahamsen, T.L. Maluk, E.J. Reuber, and L.J. Wilhelm

Circular 1205: Water quality in the Upper Tennessee River Basin, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia 1994-98, by P.S. Hampson, M.W. Treece, Jr., G.C. Johnson, S.A. Ahlstedt, and J.F. Connell

Circular 1204: Water quality in the Kanawha--New River Basin West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, 1996-98, by K.S. Paybins, Terence Messinger,J.H. Eychaner, D.B. Chambers, and M.D. Kozar

Circular 1203: Water quality in the Lake Erie-Lake Saint Clair drainages Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania, 1996-98, by D.N. Myers, M.A.Thomas, J.W. Frey, S.J. Rheaume, and D.T. Button

Circular 1202: Water quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, and Maryland, 1996-98, by R.M. Anderson, K.M. Beer, T.F. Buckwalter, M.E. Clark, S.D. McAuley, J.I. Sams, III, and D.R. Williams

Circular 1201: Water quality in the Long Island--New Jersey Coastal drainages, New Jersey and New York, 1996-98, by M.A. Ayers, J.G. Kennen, and P.E. Stackelberg

Circular 1200: Estimated use of water in the United States in 1995, by W.B. Solley, R.R. Pierce, and H.A. Perlman

Circular 1195: The U.S. Geological Survey National Research Program in the Hydrologic Sciences, edited by M.J. Baedecker and L.C. Friedman

Circular 1192: External task force review of the United States Geological Survey Federal-State Cooperative Water Program, August 1999, Compiled by S.F. Blanchard

Circular 1186: Sustainability of ground-water resources, by W.M. Alley, T.E. Reilly, and O.L. Franke

Circular 1184: Yucca Mountain as a radioactive-waste repository, by T.C. Hanks, I.J.Winograd, R.E. Anderson, T.E. Reilly, and E.P.Weeks

Circular 1182: Land subsidence in the United States, edited by, Devin Galloway, D.R. Jones,and S.E. Ingebritsen

Circular 1175: Land-Use changes and the physical habitat of streams--A review with emphasis on studies within the U.S. Geological Survey Federal-State Cooperative Program, by R.B. Jacobson, S.R. Femmer, and R.A. McKenney

Circular 1174: Estimating areas contributing recharge to wells -- lessons from previous studies, by O.L. Franke, T.E Reilly, D.W. Pollock, and J.W. LaBaugh

Circular 1173: Environmental characteristics and water quality of Hydrologic Benchmark stations in the United States, 1963-95

Circular 1171: Water quality in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, 1992-95, by L.F. Land, J.B. Moring, P.C. Van Metre, D.C. Reutter, B.J. Mahler, A.A. Shipp, and R.L. Ulery

Circular 1170: Water quality in the Las Vegas Valley Area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California, 1992-96, by H.E. Bevans, M.S. Lico, and S.J. Lawrence

Circular 1169: Water quality in the Red River of the North, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, 1992-95, by J.D. Stoner, D.L. Lorenz, R.M. Goldstein, M.E. Brigham, and T.K. Cowdery

Circular 1168: Water quality in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1992-95, by B.D. Lindsey, K.J. Breen, M.D. Bilger, and R.A. Brightbill

Circular 1167: Water quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1992-95, by K.F. Dennehy, D.W. Litke, C.M. Tate, S.L. Qi, P.B. McMahon, B.W. Bruce, R.A. Kimbrough, and J.S. Heiny

Circular 1166: Water quality in the Potomac River Basin, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1992-96, by S.W. Ator, J.D. Blomquist, J.W. Brakebill, J.M. Denis, M.J. Ferrari, C.V. Miller, and Humbert Zappia

Circular 1165: Water quality in the Hudson River Basin, New York and adjacent States,1992-95, by G.R. Wall, Karen Riva-Murray, and P.J. Phillips

Circular 1164: Water quality in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1992-95, by E.A. Frick, D.J. Hippe, G.R. Buell, C.A. Couch, E.H. Hopkins, D.J. Wangsness, and J.W. Garrett

Circular 1163: Water quality in the Central Nebraska Basins, Nebraska, 1992-95, by S.A. Frenzel, R.B. Swanson, T.L. Huntzinger, J.K. Stamer, P.J. Emmons, and R.B. Zelt

Circular 1162: Water quality in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 1992-95, by G.W. Levings, D.F. Healy, S.F. Richey, and L.F. Carter

Circular 1161: Water quality in the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 1991-95, by D.A. Wentz, B.A. Bonn, K.D. Carpenter, S.R. Hinkle, M.L. Janet, F.A. Rinella, M.A. Uhrich, I.R. Waite, Antonius Laenen, and K.E. Bencala

Circular 1160: Water quality in the Upper Snake River Basin Idaho and Wyoming, 1992-95, by G.M. Clark, T.R. Maret, M.G. Rupert, M.A. Maupin, W.H. Low, and D.S. Ott

Circular 1159: Water quality in the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California, 1992-95, by N.M. Dubrovsky, C.R. Kratzer, L.R. Brown, J.M. Gronberg, and K.R. Burow

Circular 1158: Water quality in the Ozark Plateaus, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, 1992-95, by J.C. Petersen, J.C. Adamski, R.W. Bell, J.V. Davis, S.R. Femmer, D.A. Freiwald, and R.L. Joseph

Circular 1157: Water quality in the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia, 1992-95, by T.B. Spruill, D.A. Harned, P.M. Ruhl, J.L. Eimers, Gerard McMahon, K.E. Smith, D.R. Galeone, and M.D. Woodside

Circular 1156: Water quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1992-95, by C.A. Peters, D.M. Robertson, D.A. Saad, D.J. Sullivan, B.C. Scudder, F.A. Fitzpatrick, K.D. Richards, J.S. Stewart, S.A. Fitzgerald, and B.N. Lenz

Circular 1155: Water quality in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, 1992-95, by S.P. Garabedian, J.F. Coles, S.J. Grady, E.C.T. Trench, and M.J. Zimmerman

Circular 1151: Water quality in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain, Georgia and Florida, 1992-96, by M.P. Berndt, H.H. Hatzell, C.A. Crandall, Michael Turtora, J.R. Pittman, and E.T. Oaksford

Circular 1150: Water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1992-96, by J.M. Fenelon

Circular 1144: Water quality in the Central Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, 1992-95, by A.K. Williamson, M.D. Munn, S.J. Ryker, R.J. Wagner, J.C. Ebbert, and A.M. Vanderpool

Circular 1139: Ground water and surface water a single resource, by T.C. Winter, J.W. Harvey, O.L. Franke and W.M. Alley

Circular 1137: Hydrology of Central Florida lakes - A primer: by D.M. Schiffer

Circular 1136: Nutrients in the Nation's Waters--Too Much of a Good Thing? by D.K. Mueller and D.R. Helsel

Circular 1134: The south Florida environment--A region under stress, by B.F. McPherson, and Robert Halley

Circular 1133: Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92, edited by R.H. Meade

Circular 1132: A strategy for monitoring glaciers, by A.G. Fountain, R.M. Krimmel, and D.C. Trabant

Circular 1123: Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, by K.L. Wahl, W.O. Thomas, Jr., and R.M. Hirsch

Circular 1120-l: Physical and chemical data on sediments deposited in the Missouri and the Mississippi River Flood Plains during the July Through August 1993 Flood - Floods in the Upper Mississippi River Basin 1993, by G.K. Schalk, R.R. Holmes, Jr., and G.P. Johnson

Circular 1120-k: Effects of the 1993 flood on the determination of flood magnitude and frequency in Iowa - Floods in the Upper Mississippi River Basin 1993, by D.A. Eash

Circular 1120-j: Geomorphic changes on the Mississippi River Flood Plain at Miller City, Illinois as a result of the Flood of 1993, by R.B. Jacobson and K.A. Oberg

Circular 1120-i: Sediment transport in the Lower Missouri and the Central Mississippi Rivers June 26 through September 14 1993, by R.R. Holmes, Jr.

Circular 1120-h: Flood volumes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin April 1 through September 30 1993, by Rodney Southard

Circular 1120-g: Postflood occurence of selected agricultural chemicals and volatile organic compounds in near-surface unconsolidated aquifers in the Upper Mississippi River Basin 1993, by D.W. Kolpin, and E. Michael Thurman

Circular 1120-f: Propagation and composition of the flood wave on the Upper Mississippi River 1993, by J.A. Moody

Circular 1120-e: Effects of reservoirs on flood discharges in the Kansas and the Missouri River Basins, 1993, by C.A. Perry.

Circular 1120-d: Major ions nutrients and trace elements in the Mississippi River near Thebes, Illionois July through September 1993, by H.E. Taylor, R.C. Antweiler, T.I . Brinton, D.A. Roth, and J.A.Moody

Circular 1120-c: Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in the Mississippi River Basin July through August 1993, by D.A. Goolsby, W.A. Battaglin, and E. Michael Thurman

Circular 1120-b: Precipitation in the Upper Mississippi River Basin - January 1 through July 31, 1993, by K.L. Wahl, K.C. Vining, and G.J. Wiche

Circular 1120-a: Flood discharges in the Upper Mississippi River Basin - 1993, by Charles Parrett, N.B. Melcher, and R.W. James, Jr.

Circular 1112: Design of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Occurrence and distribution of water-quality conditions, by R.J. Gilliom, W.M. Alley, and M.E. Gurtz

Circular 0115: Estimated Use of Water in the United States—1950, by K.A. MacKichan


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