Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1994
Full Citation:
USEPA. 1992 - 1994. "Tristate Study." PI: D. Huggins.
Category:
- Aquatic
Associated with the KU Field Station: No
Research Summary:
In the mid-ninties, KBS embarked on a large nonpoint source pollution study commonly referred to as the Tristate study. From 1992 - 1994 sixteen watersheds in the Western Corn Belt Plains of Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa were sampled at five sites each.
These and documents resulting from this study:
- Bouchard, R.W. Jr. 2002. Assessment of ecological condition in headwater streams of the Central Plains: evaluation of multimetric and predictive modeling approaches. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas. 130pp.
- Donley, S.R. 1999. Development of Biological Criteria for Macroinvertebrates for Streams of the Western Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas. 82pp.
- Donley, S.R., D. Huggins, and L.C. Ferrington. 1999. Development of Biological Criteria for Macroinvertebrates for Streams of the Western Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion. Technical Report Number 90. Kansas Biological Survey. 80pp.
- Higgins, K.H. 1994. An Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Watershed Structure on Stream Water Quality in Agricultural Landscapes. M.S. Thesis, University of Kansas. 226pp.
- Huggins, D. and M. Moffett. 1988. A Proposed Biotic Index and Habitat Development Index for Use in Streams in Kansas. Report Number 35, Kansas Biological Survey. 50pp.
- Lary, M.R. 1997. Investigation of the Impacts of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Small Streams of the Western Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion. M.S. Thesis, University of Kansas. 186 pp.
- Wang, S. 1997. Nitrate Dynamics in Small Agricultural Streams of the Western Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion. Doctoral Thesis, University of Kansas. 229pp.
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