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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.