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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 1004
• Author: Boyle, J., K. Covay and D. Bauer.
• Title: Quantity and Quality of Streamflow in the White River Basin, Colorado and Utah.
• USFW Year: 1984.
• USFW - Doc Type: Lakewood, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

CONTENTS

5.0 Reconnaissance of surface-water quality--Continued
5.2 Water quality--Continued

5.2.3 Stream temperature, pH, and percent saturation
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5.2.4 Algal-growth potential and nutrients-------------------- 34
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5.2.5 Trace elements------------------------------------------ 36

5.2.5.1 Concentrations in bed material-------------------- 36
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5.2.5.2 Total-recoverable concentrations------------------ 38
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6.0 Historic quality of surface water------------------------------- 40

6.1 Dissolved solids--------------------------------------------- 40

6.1.1 General analysis---------------------------------------- 40
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6.1.2 Computational methods----------------------------------- 46
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6.1.3 Possible dissolved-solids changes----------------------- 50
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6.2 Water temperature-------------------------------------------- 54

6.2.1 General analysis-------~-------------------------------- 54
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6.2.2 Harmonic characteristics versus elevation--------------- 58
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6.2.3 Air-temperature relations------------------------------- 60
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6.3 Suspended sediment------------------------------------------- 64
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6.4 Major inorganic constituents--------------------------------- 66
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6.5 Benthic invertebrates---------------------------------------- 70
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