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Mobile River Basin Study

The Mobile River Basin in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee is one of the 59 study units that are part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The long-term goals of this program are to describe the status and trends in the quality of a large, representative part of the Nation's surface- and ground-water resources, and to provide a sound, scientific understanding of the primary factors affecting the quality of these resources.

Circulars

Atkins, J. Brian, Zappia, Humbert, Robinson, James L., McPherson, Ann K., Moreland, Richard S., Harned, Douglas A., Johnston, Brett F., and Harvill, John S., Water Quality in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1999-2001. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1231.

Fact Sheets

Atkins, J. Brian, 1998, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Mobile River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-100-98, 4p.

Water-Resources Investigations Report

Robinson, James L., 2003, Comparison Between Agricultural and Urban Ground-Water Quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999-2001. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4182.

Zappia, H., 2002, Organochlorine Compounds and Trace Elements in Fish Tissue and Streambed Sediment in the Mobile River Basin in Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, 1998. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4160.

McPherson, Ann K., Moreland, Richard S., Atkins, J. Brian, 2003, Occurrence and Distribution of Nutrients, Suspended Sediment, and Pesticides in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippii, and Tennessee, 1999-2001. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4203.

Johnson, Gregory C., Kidd, Robert E., Journey, Celeste A., Zappia, Humbert, and Atkins, J. Brian, 2002, Environmental Setting and Water-Quality Issues of the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4162.

Robinson, James L., 2002, Ground-Water Quality Beneath an Urban Residential and Commercial Area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4052.

Abstracts

Atkins, J. Brian, 1999, Assessing water quality in the Mobile River Basin: Proceedings of the 29^th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 7-8, 1999, Raymond, MS, p. 198-199.

Atkins, J. Brian, 1999, Assessing water quality in the Mobile River Basin: in Hatcher, K.J., (ed.), Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Ga., Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, p. 190.

Harned, Douglas, 1999, Assessment of nutrient trends and loads for the Mobile River Basin: Proceedings of the 29^th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 7-8, 1999, Raymond, MS, p. 72-75.

Harned, Douglas, and Atkins, J. Brian, 1999, Assessment of nutrient trends and loads for the Mobile River Basin: in Hatcher, K.J., (ed.), Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Ga., Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, p. 191.

Harned, D.A., 1999, Assessment of Nutrient Trends and Loads for the Mobile River Basin [abs.]: 13^th Annual Conference on Water Resources, Symposium Alabama Section of the American Water Resources Association, September 8-9, 1999, Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Harned, D.A., 2000, The Mobile River Basin Water-Quality Assessment: Results of Nutrients and Pesticide Monitoring 1999-2000 [abs.]: 14^th Annual Conference on Water Resources, Symposium Alabama Section of the American Water Resources Association, September 6-8, 2000, Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Cuffney, T.F., Coles, J.F., Giddings, E.M., and Zappia, H., 2002, Comparison of methods for resolving taxonomic ambiguities in invertebrate data sets: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, Spring 2002, 50^th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, v. 19, no. 1, p. 276-277.

Giddings, E.M., Short, T.M., Albano, C.M., Baskin, R.L, Cuffney, T.F., McMahon, G., Coles, J.C., and Zappia, H., 2002, Changes in stream biological assemblages in response to urbanization: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, Spring 2002, 50^th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, v. 19, no. 1, p. 267.

Short, T.M., Cuffney, T.F., Coles, J.F., Giddings, E.M., and Zappia, H., 2002, Comparison of invertebrate responses to gradients of urban intensity in contrasting climatic regions: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, Spring 2002, 50^th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, v. 19, no. 1, p. 283.

Zappia, H., Caskey, B.J., Cuffney, T.F., Coles, J.C., Giddings, E.M., and McMahon, G., 2002, Response of fish, invertebrates, and algae to a gradient of urbanization in the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province of Alabama and Georgia: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, Spring 2002, 50^th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, v. 19, no. 1, p. 267.

Harned, D.A., 1999, Trends and Nutrient Loads for the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, 1970-1997 American Geophysical Union 1999, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H51-F-07, November 16 2001, p. F461.

Harned, D.A., 2001, The Mobil River Basin Wter-Quality Assessment: Results of Surface-Water Quality Monitoring in Alabama 1999-2000 [abs.]: 50^th Annual Meeting Southeastern Section Geological Society of America April 5-6, 2001, Abstracts with Programs, Abs-3862, p. 52.

Harned, D.A., Harvill, J.S., and McMahon, G., 2001, Nutrient Mass balance for the Mobile River Basin in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, American Geophysical Union 2001, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 82, No. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H32B-0308, November 20 2001, p. F432.

Maps

Goldhaber, Martin B., Irwin, Elise, Atkins, Brian, Lee, Lopaka, Black, Dee Dee, Zappia, Humbert, Hatch, Joe, Pashin, Jack, Barwick, Larry H., Cartwright, Walter E., Sanzolone, Rick, Ruppert, Leslie, Kolker, Allan, and Finkelman, Robert, Arsenic in stream sediments in northern Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2357, p. (1 sheet), illus. Incl. 3 tables, sketch maps, 11 refs, 2001.