DS 423: Selected Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data Used to Study Urbanizing Streams in Nine Metropolitan Areas of the United States, 1999

USGS Data Series 423

Selected Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data Used to Study Urbanizing Streams in Nine Metropolitan Areas of the United States, 1999–2004

National Water-Quality Assessment Program

By Elise M.P. Giddings, Amanda H. Bell, Karen M. Beaulieu, Thomas F. Cuffney, James F. Coles, Larry R. Brown, Faith A. Fitzpatrick, James Falcone, Lori A. Sprague, Wade L. Bryant, Marie C. Peppler, Cory Stephens, and Gerard McMahon

Abstract

This report documents and summarizes physical, chemical, and biological data collected during 1999-2004 in a study titled Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems, undertaken as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Data-collection methods and data processing are described in this report for streamflow; stream temperature; instream chemistry; instream aquatic habitat; and algal, macroinvertebrate, and fish communities. Data summaries prepared for analytical use are presented in downloadable data tables.

Posted April 2009

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Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Description of Study Objectives

Acknowledgments

Data-Collection and Processing Methods

Watershed Characteristics

Land Cover

Socioeconomic Characteristics

Infrastructure

Urban Intensity Index

Hydrologic Modifications

Soils, Topography, and Climate

Instream Characteristics

Hydrology

Stream Temperature

Stream Chemistry

Nutrients and Pesticide Compounds

Hydrophobic Organic Compounds

Habitat

Segment Characteristics

Reach Characteristics

Biological Communities

Algae

Invertebrates

Fish

Laboratory Analysis

Data Processing

Algal Response to Urbanization

Invertebrate Response to Urbanization

Fish Response to Urbanization

Data Files

Summary

References

Report Citation

Giddings, E.M.P., Bell, A.H., Beaulieu, K.M., Cuffney, T.F., Coles, J.F., Brown, L.R., Fitzpatrick, F.A., Falcone, James, Sprague, L.A., Bryant, W.L., Peppler, M.C., Stephens, Cory, and McMahon, Gerard, 2009, Selected physical, chemical, and biological data used to study urbanizing streams in nine metropolitan areas of the United States, 1999–2004: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 423, 11 p. + data tables.

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