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Water Quality References

Legislation & Management Documents

1972. Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act).

Yellowstone Science

Cherry, T. L. and J. F. Shogren. 2001. Invasive species management for the Yellowstone Lake ecosystem: What do visitors think? In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 9. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History, and Education.
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Ewing, R. 1997. Suspended sediment in the rivers of northern Yellowstone: Assessing changes from the 1988 fires In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 5. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History, and Education.
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Gresswell, B. 1996. Yellowstone Lake and change: What can natural history tell us about the fate of the Yellowstone cutthroat? (interview) In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 4. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History, and Education.
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Lathrop, Jr., R. G. 1993. The 1988 fires and Yellowstone's large lakes: Monitoring the impacts of landscape-scale fires In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 2. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History, and Education.
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Minshall, G. W., C. T. Robinson, and T. V. Royer. 1998. Stream ecosystem responses to the 1988 wildfires In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 6. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History, and Education.
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Selected References

Area, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation. 1996. Water Resources Management Plan.
Arnold, J. L. and T. M. Koel. 2006. Effects of snowmobile emissions on the chemistry of snowmelt runoff in Yellowstone National Park: Final report, Edited by Yellowstone National Park, Center for Resources, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Section. Yellowstone National Park, WY.
Clark, M. L., W. J. Sadler, and S. E. O'Ney. 2004. Water-quality characteristics of the Snake River and five tributaries in the upper Snake River Basin, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1998-2002, Edited by US Geological Survey. Reston, VA. Abstract
Corbin, J. A. and S. W. Woods. 2004. Effects of atmospheric deposition on water quality in high alpine lakes of Grand Teton National Park. University of Montana.
DeVelice, R. L., G. J. Daumiller, P. S. Bourgeron, and J. O. Jarvie. 1994. Bioenvironmental representativeness of nature preserves: Assessment using a combination of a GIS and a rule-based model. In D. G. Despain, ed., Plants and their environments: Proceedings of the first Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 131-138. Yellowstone National Park, WY: US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Yellowstone National Park.
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Miller, K. A., M. L. Clark, and P. R. Wright. 2005. Water-Quality Assessment of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana and Wyoming—Water Quality of Fixed Sites, 1999-2001, Edited by National Water-Quality Assessment Program US Geological Survey. Reston, VA.
Mott, D. N. 1998. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Water Resources Scoping Report, Edited by US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Water Resources Division.
Nanus, L., D. H. Campbell, and M. W. Williams. 2005. Sensitivity of alpine and subalpine lakes to acidification from atmospheric deposition in Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Edited by US Geological Survey. Denver, CO. Abstract
Nanus, L., M. W. Williams, D. H. Campbell, E. M. Elliott, and C. Kendall. 2008. Evaluating regional patterns in nitrate sources to watersheds in national parks of the Rocky Mountains using nitrate isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology 42(17):6487-6493. Abstract
Nanus, L., M. W. Williams, D. H. Campbell, K. A. Tonnessen, T. Blett, and D. W. Clow. 2009. Assessment of lake sensitivity to acidic deposition in national parks of the Rocky Mountains. Ecological Applications 19(4):961-973. Abstract
National Park Service. 1994. Baseline water quality data inventory and analysis, Yellowstone National Park, Edited by Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Water Resources Division and Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program. Washington, DC.
National Park Service. 2001. Baseline water quality data inventory and analysis, Grand Teton National Park, Edited by US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Water Resources Division and Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program. Washington, DC.
National Park Service. Baseline water quality data inventory and analysis, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Edited by US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Water Resources Division and Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program. Washington, DC.
Peterson, D. A., K. A. Miller, T. T. Bartos, M. L. Clark, S. D. Porter, and T. L. Quinn. 2004. Water quality in the Yellowstone River Basin Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, 1999-2001, Edited by US Geological Survey. Reston, VA. Abstract
Rhea, D., R. W. Gale, C. E. Orazio, P. H. Peterman, D. D. Harper, and A. M. Farag. 2005. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, sediment, and snow, from lakes in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Edited by US Geological Surveu US Department of the Interior. Jackson, WY.

Internet Links

Hydrologists Team. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee. Abstract