Totten, A. R., Duris, J. W. 2018. Spatial Distribution of Nutrients, Chloride, and Suspended Sediment Concentrations and Loads Determined by Using Different Sampling Methods in a Cross-Section of the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River, Michigan, November 2014 – November 2015: Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5141. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

GIS, Nutrients, Sediment, Streams, Streamflow, Water quality, Sample collection, Chloride, Sampling

This report describes the results of a study conducted by the USGS and the EPA and Environment Climate Change Canada. For the study, water-quality samples and discharge measurements were collected from the southern part of the Trenton Channel (Detroit, MI, USA) from November 2014 to November 2015. This report compares the analytical results, describes the spatial distribution patterns, and compares loading estimates based on the data collected.