Water-Quality and Biological Trends on the
Lower Boise River
Publications
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Publications resulting from this study
Donato, Mary M., and MacCoy, Dorene E., 2005, Phosphorus and suspended sediment load estimates for the lower Boise River, Idaho, 1994-2002 (version 2.00): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5235, 30 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20045235
MacCoy, Dorene E., 2004, Water-quality and biological conditions in the lower Boise River, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, 1994-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5128, 80 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20045128
MacCoy, Dorene E., 2006, Fish communities and related environmental conditions of the Lower Boise River, Idaho, 1974-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5111, 35 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20045128
Mullins, William H., 1998, Water-quality conditions of the lower Boise River, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, May 1994 through February 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 1998-4111, 32 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri984111
Mullins, William H., 1999, Biotic integrity of the Boise River upstream and downstream from two municipal wastewater treatment facilities, Boise, Idaho, 1995-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 1998-4123, 17 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri984123
Mullins, William H., 1999, Biological assessment of the lower Boise River, October 1995 through January 1998, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 1999-4178, 37 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri994178
Skinner, Kenneth D., 2006, Estimating streambed seepage using heat as a tracer on the lower Boise River, Canyon County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5215. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20055215
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Publications related to this study
Hardy, Mark A., Parliman, D.J., and O'Dell, Ivalou., 2005, Status of and changes in water quality monitored for the Idaho Statewide Surface-Water-Quality Network, 1989-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5033, 66 p. plus 3 apps. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20055033
Hortness, Jon E., and Werner, Douglas C., 1999, Stream channel cross sections for a reach of the Boise River in Ada County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-211, 100 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr99211
MacCoy, Dorene E. and Blew, David, 2005, Impacts of Land-Use Changes and Hydrologic Modification on the Lower Boise River, Idaho, USA, American Fisheries Society Symposium 47, p. 133-156. Book chapter—pdf, 10MB
Maret, Terry R., 1997, Characteristics of fish assemblages and related environmental variables for streams of the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and Western Wyoming, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 1997-4087, 50 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri974087
Maret, Terry R., MacCoy, Dorene E., Skinner, Kenneth D., Moore, Susan E., and O'Dell, Ivalou, 2001, Evaluation of macroinvertebrate assemblages in Idaho rivers using multimetric and multivariate techniques, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 2001-4145, 69 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri014145
Maret, Terry R., and Ott, Douglas S., 2003, Assessment of fish assemblages and minimum sampling effort required to determine biotic integrity of large river in southern Idaho, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4274, 16 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri034274
Mebane, Christopher A., Maret, Terry R., and Hughes, Robert M., 2003, An index of biological integrity (IBI) for Pacific Northwest rivers: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 132, no. 2, p. 234-261.
