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Measurement GWL-OIL-METER Product or groundwater level by electronic oil/water interface meter Y OIL-METER
Measurement GWL-TAPE-PASTE Product or groundwater level by measuring tape with hydrocarbon- and water-sensitive paste Y TAPE-PASTE
Measurement GWLMA Groundwater level by airline measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMB Groundwater level by analog (mechanical) recorder USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMC Groundwater level by calibrated airline measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMD Groundwater level by float / digital punch tape USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLME Groundwater level, estimated USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMF Groundwater level by float / shaft encoder / data logger USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMG Groundwater level by mechanical pressure-gage measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMH Groundwater level by calibrated mechanical pressure-gage measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLML Groundwater level interpreted from geophysical logs USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMM Groundwater level by manometer measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMN Groundwater level by nonrecording gage USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMP Groundwater level by pressure transducer USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMQ Groundwater level by downhole mechanical pressure recorder (DST) USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMR Groundwater level reported, method not known USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMS Groundwater level by steel tape measurement. USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMT Groundwater level by electric tape measurement. USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMU Groundwater level by sonic meter Y
Measurement GWLMV Groundwater level by calibrated electric tape measurement USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Measurement GWLMZ Groundwater level by other method USGS USGS, 1992. National Water Information System User's Manual, Ground-Water Site-Inventory System. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Y
Derivation H2S-CALC-PHILLIPS97 Calculation of Total Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) where “[H2S] = [total S2-] x (1-(1/(1 + 10^(pKa – pH)))” and pKa = 7.1 Phillips, B.M., Anderson, B.S., Hunt, J.W. (1997). Measurement and Distribution of Interstitial and Overlying Water Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide in Sediment Toxicity Tests. Marine Environ. Research 44, 117-126 Y
Analysis HACH-10360-1.1 Luminescence Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen in Water and Wastewater and for Use in the Determination of five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD-5) and carbonaceous BOD-5. Revision 1.1, January 2006 Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com, Revision 1.1, January 2006 Y
Analysis HACH-10360-1.2 Luminescence Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen in Water and Wastewater and for Use in the Determination of five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD-5) and carbonaceous BOD-5. Revision 1.2, October 2011 Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com, Revision 1.2, October 2011 Y
Measurement HACH-8008 Iron, Total, in water by HACH 8008 FerroVer 1,10-Phenanthroline Method. Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com. Y
Measurement HACH-8131 Sulfide in water by HACH 8131 field kit, Methylene Blue Method, adapted from Standard Methods 4500S2D Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
Measurement HACH-8146 Iron, Ferrous, in water by HACH 8146 field kit, 1,10 Phenanthroline Method, Powder Pillows or AccuVac Ampuls, adapted from Standard Methods SM3500FeB Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
ANALYSIS HACH-8226 Hardness, Total (as CaCO3), buret titration HACH Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
Measurement HACH-AL-AP-MG/L Alkalinity By Drop Count Titration/Sulfuric Acid, Test Kit Model AL-AP, mg/L, Product #2444301. Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
MEASUREMENT HACH-CL8P Chloride by HACH 8-P field kit, silver nitrate drop count titration Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
Measurement HACH-IR-18C Iron, ferrous (Fe2+), in Water by Color Disc/1,10 Phenanthroline Test Kit. Hach Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
MEASUREMENT HACH-MN-5 Manganese by HACH MN-5 Field Kit, Color Disc/Cold Periodate Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
MEASUREMENT HACH-NI14 Nitrogen, Nitrate As NO3 by HACH field kit NI-14, Color disc/Cadmium reduction Hach Company, P.O. Box 389. Loveland, Colorado, 80539-0389, 800-227-4224, http://www.hach.com Y
COLLECTION HANDGRAB Hand grab Y
COLLECTION HANDPICK Hand, picked by Y
COLLECTION HANDTOOL Hand Tool Y
ANALYSIS HANSEN99 Determination of Nutrients (Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Phosphate, Silicate, etc) in Seawater by Automated Analysis, HP Hansen and F Koroleff, 1999 (in Methods of Seawater Analysis, K Klaus et al, Ed., 3rd Ed) Hansen, HP, and F Koroleff, 1999. Determination of Nutrients by Automated Analysis. In: K. Grasshoff et al. (Ed.) Methods of Seawater Analysis, 3rd Ed, pp 208-223. Wiley-VCH, 632 p ISBN 3-527-29589-5 Y
COLLECTION HESS Macroinvertebrate collection, Hess-type sampler Y
COLLECTION HESTERDEND Macroinvertebrate collection, Hester-Dendy multiplate sampler Y
Preservation HgCl-Freeze-4DegC Sample preserved with mercury chloride (HgCl) and frozen at -4 degree Celsius Y
ANALYSIS Holme1971 Grain Size Distribution by Sieve-Pipette, Holme and McIntyre, 1971 Holme, N.A. and A. D. McIntyre, 1971, Methods for the study of marine benthos, IBP hand-book no. 16. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 334 p. Y
Collection HOOP-MACROPHYTE Hoop method for collection of macrophytes and filamentous algae. Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Sample Collection and Laboratory Analysis of chlorophyll a; Standard Operating Procedure, Revision 4. 2008. Y
Collection HVPUFAir High-volume polyurethane foam (PUF) air sampler. Y
Analysis HYDRO-ID Hydrocarbon Identification Qualitative Ecology-MEL Y
Collection HYDROLAB Collected using Hydrolab multi-parameter probe Y
ANALYSIS I-1472-87 Metals in Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) (USGS) USGS-NWQL, Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 5, Chapter A1, Rev 1987 Y
ANALYSIS I-2030-85 Alkalinity of Water Samples by Electrometric Titration, automated (USGS) USGS-NWQL, Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 5, Chapter A1, 1985. Y
ANALYSIS I-2057-90 Anions in Filtered Water by Automated Ion-Exchange Chromatographic (USGS) Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 5, Chapter A1, Rev 1990. Y
ANALYSIS I-206-89 Orthophosphate in low ionic-strength water, by Automated-Segmented Flow (ASF) phosphomolybdate colorimetry (USGS) Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory; determination of inorganic and organic constituents in water and fluvial sediments, 1993 OFR 93-125 Y
ANALYSIS I-2522-90 Ammonia as Nitrogen in Water by Colorimetry, Salicylate-Hypochlorite, Automated-Segmented Flow (ASF) (USGS) M.J. Fishman, 1993, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of inorganic and organic constituents in water and fluvial sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-125 Y
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