USGS Data Series 423
National Water-Quality Assessment Program
ACFB | Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin |
ADAS | Algal Data Analysis System |
AFDM | ash-free dry mass |
AhR | aryl hydrocarbon receptor |
ALBE | Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin |
ATL | Atlanta, Georgia |
BIR | Birmingham, Alabama |
BOS | Boston, Massachusetts |
CA | correspondence analysis |
Chl a | chlorophyll a |
D50 | mean particle size |
DEN | Denver, Colorado |
DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas |
DPAC | distribute parents among children |
DTH | depositional-targeted habitat |
EC50 | 50-percent effect concentration |
EUSE | Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems |
GIS | geographic information system |
GRSL | Great Salt Lake Basins |
HDAS | Habitat Data Analysis System |
IDAS | Invertebrate Data Analysis System |
LC50 | 50-percent lethal concentration |
MA-NUII | metropolitan area national urban intensity index |
MA-UII | metropolitan area urban intensity index |
MDS | multi-dimensional scaling |
MGB | Milwaukee-Green Bay, Wisconsin |
MOBL | Mobile River Basin |
NAWQA | National Water-Quality Assessment |
NCDENR | North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
NECB | New England Coastal Basins |
NLCD01 | National Land Cover Data 2001 |
nMDS | nonparametric multi-dimensional scaling |
NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NUII | national urban intensity index |
NWQL | National Water Quality Laboratory |
PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
PCA | principal components analysis |
PCB | polychlorinated biphenyls |
POR | Portland, Oregon |
PR | period of record |
PTI | pesticide toxicity index |
QMH | qualitative multi-habitat |
qualitative richness dataset | |
RAL | Raleigh, North Carolina |
RPKC | remove parent keep child |
RTH | richest targeted habitat |
SD | standard deviation |
SLC | Salt Lake City, Utah |
SPLT | South Platte River Basin |
SPMD | semipermeable membrane device |
TIGER | Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing |
TRI | Toxic Release Inventory |
TRIN | Trinity River Basin |
UII | urban intensity index |
USEPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
UV | ultraviolet |
WILL | Willamette River Basin |
WMIC | Western Lake Michigan Drainages |