| Title | Water-quality and algal conditions in the North Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1992-95, and implications for resource management |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Anderson, Chauncey W., and Kurt D. Carpenter |
| Secondary Title | Water-Resources Investigations Report / U.S. Geological Survey |
| Number | 98-4125 |
| Pagination | 78 p. |
| Date Published | 1998 |
| Publisher | The Survey |
| City | Portland, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley TD223 .A343, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | algae, arsenic, chromium, copper, eutrophication, heavy minerals, hydrology, manganese, nickel, nitrate-nitrite, North Umpqua River, oxygen, pH, phosphorus, water pollution, water quality |
| Notes | "This report describes the results of a synoptic water-quality and algal investigation during July 1995 at 36 stream sites in a 1,350 square-mile area of the North Umpqua River Basin, Oregon. The study area includes a headwaters hydroelectric project area, a Wild and Scenic reach in the main stem immediately downstream, and the watersheds of several major tributaries." (from the Abstract). Significant pollution, particularly from heavy metals, was found. |
| URL | https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri984125 |
| Label | 1460 |
