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Freshwater Sediment Monitoring (41 publications 1992-2023)


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Quality Assurance Project Plan: Monitoring Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals (PBTs) Using Age-Dated Lake Sediment Cores: 2023-2027 23-03-114June 2023
PBT Chemical Trends Determined from Age-Dated Lake Sediment Cores, 2017 Results 20-03-002July 2020
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Upper Yakima River Basin Suspended Sediment and Turbidity Status Monitoring 19-03-108June 2019
The Prevalence of Cyanobacteria: A historical perspective from lake sediment 19-03-011June 2019
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Characterization of Metals in Sediment from the Lucerne Basin of Lake Chelan 19-03-105April 2019
Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Environmental Effects-Based Concentrations for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in Marine Water and Freshwater 19-03-104April 2019
PBT Trends in Lake Sediment Cores: 2016 Results 18-03-029September 2018
PBT Chemical Trends Determined from Age-Dated Lake Sediment Cores, 2015 Results 16-03-046December 2016
Wenatchee River PCB and DDT Source Assessment 16-03-029July 2016
PBT Trend Monitoring: Measuring Lead in Suspended Particu late Matter, 2015 Results 16-03-017April 2016
PBT Trend Monitoring: Measuring Lead in Suspended Particulate Matter, 2014 Results 16-03-015April 2016
Little Spokane River PCBs: Screening Survey of Water, Sediment, and Fish Tissue 16-03-001March 2016
PBT Chemical Trends Determined from Age-Dated Lake Sediment Cores, 2014 Results 15-03-027August 2015
Addendum 5 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores 15-03-113June 2015
Addendum 3 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: A Trend Monitoring Component for Organic PBTs in the Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program 15-03-110May 2015
Addendum 4 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores 14-03-120September 2014
Addendum 3 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores 13-03-119September 2013
PBT Chemical Trends in Washington State Determined from Age-Dated Lake Sediment Cores, 2012 Sampling Results 13-03-036August 2013
Metals Concentrations in Sediments of Lakes and Wetlands in the Upper Columbia River Watershed: Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony, and Mercury 13-03-012June 2013
Addendum 2 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores 12-03-119August 2012
Project Update for the Lower Yakima River Suspended Sediment TMDL 98-10-202aMay 2012
Project Update for the Lower Yakima River Suspended Sediment TMDL 12-10-034May 2012
Mercury Accumulation in Sediment Cores from Three Washington State Lakes: Evidence for Local Deposition from a Coal-Fired Power Plant. Journal article in the Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 10-03-037May 2010
Mercury Sources to Lake Ozette and Lake Dickey: Highly Contaminated Remote Coastal Lakes, Washington State, USA. Article in the journal, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Vol 208, No 1-4, p 275-286. 09-03-047September 2009
Yakima River Basin Suspended Sediment, Turbidity and Organochlorine Pesticide Total Maximum Daily Load Study: Water Quality Effectiveness Monitoring Report 09-10-045May 2009
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Suspended Sediment and Turbidity Total Maximum Daily Load Effectiveness-Monitoring Project in the Upper Yakima River Basin April to October 2006 09-10-034April 2009
Mercury Sedimentation in Lakes in Western Whatcom County, Washington, USA and its Relation to Local Industrial and Municipal Atmospheric Sources. 08-03-034October 2008
History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Age-Dated Sediment Cores: 2007 Sampling Results 08-03-012May 2008
Addendum #1 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores. 06-03-113ADD1May 2008
History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Age-Dated Sediment Cores: 2006 Sampling Results 07-03-019June 2007
Mercury in Lake Whatcom Sediments: Spatial Distribution, Depositional History, and Tributary Inputs 04-03-019June 2004
Focus on Mercury in Fish: Study finds elevated levels in Washington fish 03-03-036June 2003
Mercury in Edible Fish Tissue and Sediments from Selected Lakes and Rivers of Washington State 03-03-026June 2003
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Mercury in Sediments from Lake Whatcom and Surrounding Lakes: Determination of Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Characterization of Tributary Inputs 02-03-079September 2002
Upper Yakima River Basin Suspended Sediment, Turbidity and Organochlorine Pesticide Total Maximum Daily Load -- Submittal Report 02-10-047August 2002
An Ecological Hazard Assessment for PCBs in the Spokane River 01-03-015April 2001
Data Appendix: Reconnaissance Survey on Metals, Semivolatiles, and PCBs in Sediment Deposits Behind Upriver Dam, Spokane River 00-03-026June 2000
Reconnaissance Survey on Metals, Semivolatiles, and PCBs in Sediment Deposits Behind Upriver Dam, Spokane River 00-03-021June 2000
Lake Whatcom Watershed Cooperative Drinking Water Protection Project: Results of 1998 Water, Sediment and Fish Tissue Sampling 99-337September 1999
Lower Yakima River Suspended Sediment TMDL 98-10-202November 1998
Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Sediments from Lake Washington on Freshwater Bioassay Organisms and Benthic Macroinvertebrates 92-e01June 1992