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Published USGS Series Reports

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Andrews, W.J., Fong, A.L., Harrod, L., and Dittes, M.E., 1998, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in an urban part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4248, 54 p.

Andrews, W.J., Fallon, J.D., Kroening, S.E., Lee, K.E., and Stark, J.R., 1996, Water-Quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Review of Selected Literature: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4149, 21 p.
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Andrews, W.J., 1996, Few volatile organic compounds detected in rivers and ground water in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-095-96, 2 p.
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Andrews, W.J., Fallon, J.D., and Kroening, S.E., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--volatile organic compounds in surface and ground water, 1978-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4216, 39 p.
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Fallon, J.D., 2000, Pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1974-94: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 066-00, 4 p.

Fallon, J.D., Fong, A.L., and Andrews, W.J., 1997, Water-Quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Pesticides in Streams, Streambed Sediment, and Ground Water, 1974-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4141, 53 p.
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Fallon, J.D., and McNellis, R.P., 2000, Nutrients and suspended sediment in snowmelt runoff from part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4165, 23 p.

Fong, A.L., 2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.

Fong, A.L., Andrews, W.J., and Stark, J.R., 1998, Water-Quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-Water Quality in the Prairie du Chien-Jordan Aquifer, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 98-4248, 45 p.
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Goldstein, R.M., Lee, K.E., Talmage, Philip, Stauffer, J.C., and Anderson, J.P., 1999, Relation of fish community composition to environmental factors and land use in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 1995-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4034, 32 p.

Hanson, P.E., 1998, Pesticides and nitrates in surficial sand and gravel aquifers as related to modeled contamination susceptibility in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 107-98, 4p.

Kroening, S.E., and Andrews, W.J., 1997, Water-Quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Streams, Streambed Sediment, and Ground Water, 1971-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4107, 61 p.
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Kroening, S.E., Fallon, J.D., and Lee, K.E., 2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Trace elements in streambed sediment and fish livers, 1995-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4031, 26 p.

Kroening, S.E., and Stark, J.R., 1997, Variability of Nutrients in Streams in Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-164-97, 4 p.

Kroening, S.E., 1998, Nutrient sources within the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1991-93: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 121-98, 4 p.

Kroening, S.E., 2001, Fecal coliform and Escherichia coli bacteria in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, summer 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4214, 8 p.

Lee, K.E., and Anderson, J.P., 1998, Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Common Carp and Walleye Fillets, 1975-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4126, 27 p.

Lee, K.E., Blazer, V.S.,  Denslow, N.D., Goldstein, R.M., and Talmage, P.J., 2000, Use of biological characteristics of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) to indicate exposure to hormonally active agents in selected Minnesota streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4202, 47 p.

McNellis, R.P., Fallon, J.D., and Lee, K.E., 2001, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Organonchlorine compounds in streambed sediments and fish tissues, 1995-97: U.S. Geological  Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4213, 10 p.

Porter, S.D., Harris, M.A., and Kalkhoff, S.J., 2001, Influence of natural factors on the quality of midwestern streams and rivers: U.S. Geological  Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4288, 17 p.

Ruhl, J.F., Fong, A.L., Hanson, P.E., and Andrews, W.J., 2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in an agricultural area of Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4107, 33 p.

Stark, J.R., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--the Upper Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-101, 2 p.

Stark, J.R., Andrews, W.J., Fallon, J.D., Fong, A.L., Goldstein, R.M., Hanson, P.E., Kroening, S.E., and Lee, K.E., 1996, Water-Quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin-- Environmental Setting and Study Design: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4098, 62 p.
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Stark, J.R., and Amos, G.L., 1996, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Compilation of Related literature: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-579, 286 p.
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Stark, J.R., Fallon, J.D., Fong, A.F., Goldstein, R.M., Hanson, P.E., Kroening, S.E., and Lee, K.E., 1999, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--design and implementation of water-quality studies, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey--Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4135, 85 p.

Stark, J.R., 1997, Causes of variations in water quality and aquatic ecology in rivers of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-249-96, 4 p.

Stark, J.R., Hanson, P. E., Goldstein, R.M., Fallon, J.D., Fong, A.L., Lee, K.E., Kroening, S.E., and Andrews, W.J., 2001, Water quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, and North Dakota, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Summary Circular 1211, 35 p.

Talmage, P.J., Lee, K.E., Goldstein, R.M., Anderson, J.P., and Fallon, J.D., 2000, Water quality, physical habitat, and fish-community composition in streams in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, 1997-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4247, 18 p.

ZumBerge, J.R., Perry, J.A., and Lee, K.E., 2003, Influence of local riparian cover and watershed runoff potential on invertebrate communities in agricultural streams in the Minnesota River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4068, 13 p.