Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Water Quality Update Title Page
| Type | Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Study reaches | ||
| p4 | Pool 4 | |
| p8 | Pool 8 | |
| p13 | Pool 13 | |
| p26 | Pool 26 | |
| op | Open River Reach | |
| lg | La Grange Pool – Illinois River | |
| WN | Winter | |
| SP | Spring | |
| SM | Summer | |
| FL | Fall | |
| MC | Main channel | |
| SC | Side channel | |
| BWC | Contiguous backwater | |
| IMP | Impounded | |
| OTH | Special lake; Lake Pepin in Pool 4 and Swan Lake in Pool 26 | |
| STAT | Statistic | |
| stderr | Standard error | |
| n | Sample size | |
| n.s. | Not sampled | |
| TEMP | Water temperature | |
| DO | Dissolved oxygen | |
| COND | Conductivity | |
| pH | pH | |
| TURB | Turbidity | |
| SS | Suspended solids | |
| VSS | Volatile suspended solids | |
| CHL | Chlorophyll a | |
| TN | Total nitrogen | |
| NOX | Nitrate/nitrite | |
| NHX | Ammonium | |
| TP | Total phosphorus | |
| SRP | Soluble reactive phosphorus |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/reports_publications/ltrmp/water/tables/table4.html
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Page Last Modified:
December 31, 2012
