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Table 4. Acronyms used on the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program water quality component Web site.
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The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program

An element of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration - Environmental Management Program

Water Quality

 Upper Mississippi River Restoration - Environmental Management Program U. S. Army Corps of Enineers

Table 4. Acronyms used on the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program water quality component Web site.

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

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