EXCERPT from Table 10. Summary statistics for the physical-habitat characteristics and biotic indices for the studied wadeable streams in Wisconsin.
[EPT, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera; #, number; m, meter; m/km, meter per kilometer; mg/m2, milligram per square meter; log, logarithm to base 10 transformation; --, values are not indicative of water quality]
| Characteristic/index | Abbreviation | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Physical-habitat characteristics | ||
| Stream width | WIDTH | m |
| Stream mean depth | DEPTH | m |
| Mean thalweg depth | THALD | m |
| Stream gradient | GRAD | m/km |
| Percentage of pools | POOL% | % |
| Percentage of riffle | RIFF% | % |
| Percentage of run | RUN% | % |
| Depth of sediment on stream bottom | SEDEP | m |
| Percentage of silt in bottom sediments | SILT% | % |
| Percentage of sand in bottom sediments | SAND% | % |
| Percentage of gravel in bottom sediments | GRAV% | % |
| Percentage of rocky-substrate embeddedness | EMB% | % |
| Percentage of stream bottom covered by algae | ALGAE% | % |
| Percentage of stream bottom covered by macrophytes | MACR% | % |
| Percentage of stream with fish cover | COVER% | % |
| Percentage of stream shaded | SHADE% | % |
| Percentage of stream bank with erosion | EROSION% | % |
| Buffer width | BUFFER | m |
| Benthic chlorophyll a | BCHL | mg/m2 |
| Diatom Nutrient Index | DNI | # |
| Diatom Siltation Index | DSI | # |
| Diatom Biotic Index | DBI | # |
| Hilsenhoff Biotic Index | HBI | # |
| Percentage of EPT individuals | EPTN% | % |
| Percentage of EPT taxa | EPTTX% | % |
| Percentage of scrapers | SCRAP% | % |
| Percentage of shredders | SHRED% | % |
| Number of taxa | TAXAN | # |
| Fish Index of Biotic Integrity | IBI | # |
| Percentage of carnivores | CARN% | % |
| Percentage of insectivores | INSECT% | % |
| Percentage of omnivores | OMNI% | % |
| Percentage of intolerant species | TOL% | % |
| Percentage of tolerant species | INTOL% | % |
| Number of fish | FISHN | # |
| Number of fish species | FISHSPEC | # |