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COLLECTION SHOVEL Shovel Y
COLLECTION DRILL-RTRY Drill, Rotary Y
COLLECTION HANDTOOL Hand Tool Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric030 Percent of sample composed of non-insect taxa Y
ANALYSIS AS-ICICPMS Arsenic speciation by ion chromatography coupled on-line to inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (IC-ICP-MS) Y
PREPARATION SIEVE-0.075MM Sieved with 0.075 millimeter (75 um) screen Y
MEASUREMENT SWFMFLOAT Streamflow by floating object method Y
Collection BOTTLEDIPTRANS Bottle dip and transfer to individual sample bottles to fill, type unspecified Y
Derivation CALC-351.2-350.1 Ammonia or Organic Nitrogen calculated via Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen by EPA351.2 (Semiautomated Colorimetry) and Ammonia by EPA350.1 (Nitrogen as Ammonia, Colorimetric, Automated Phenate) Y
Collection CORE-HAND Corer, hand Y
Preparation COMP-TISSUE Composite tissue samples by combining individuals and homogenizing. Y
MEASUREMENT TRANS-TUBE Transparency tube with Secchi disk or similar Y
Preparation FILTER.45um-CA Water sample filtered with 0.45 micron (micrometer) cellulose acetate filter (CA) Y FILTER .45um-CA
Preservation Freeze-15DegC Frozen at -15 degrees Celsius Y
Analysis Salinometer-Autosal Salinity by Autosal electrical conductivity method with 4-electrode cell immersed in constant temperature water bath, standardized using IAPSO-approved standard seawater. Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric015 Percent of the sample represented by the single most abundant taxon Y
COLLECTION BUGBAG500UM Benthic macroinvertebrate collection by placing rock bags instream for colonization over a period of time.  Samples are sifted through a 500 um mesh net. Y
COLLECTION PONAR-PET Grab sampler, Ponar, petite Y
Derivation AverageVelocity Average streamflow (velocity), calculated by total stream discharge (cfs) divided by total cross-sectional area (sq ft) Y AVGVEL
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric005 The number of taxa in the sample represented by organisms that feed on fine organic matter while buried in the sediments Y
Preservation Freeze-20DegC Frozen at -20 degrees Celsius Y
Analysis WTPH-D-SG Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons as Diesel in Soil (Kerosene-Fuel Oil #2 or >Dodecane-Tetracosane), modified with silica gel cleanup Y
Analysis TBE-PB210-2015 Pb-210 Radiochemistry, Teledyne-Brown Engineering SOP, based on EPA 901.1 (Gamma Radiation Detection) Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric012 Percent of the sample represented by the 10 most abundant taxa Y
Preservation Freeze-18DegC Frozen at -18 degrees Celsius Y
MEASUREMENT WINDSPEED Wind Speed by field meter Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric026 Percent of organisms considered to be sensitive to various types of perturbation Y
COLLECTION MOCNESS1 Plankton net, MOCNESS 1 m2 (Multiple Opening/Closing Net & Environmental Sampling System) Y
Analysis uNBOD4.57-CALC Ultimate Nitrogenous Biological Oxygen Demand (uNBOD) calculated by constant 4.57 x TKN (Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen) Y
COLLECTION CORE-BX.06 Corer, box, 0.06 m2 Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric014 Percent of the sample represented by the 3 most abundant taxa Y
Collection PeriphytonFineVeg Periphyton Sampling Methods for composite sample containing material collected from Pea gravel/Sand or Silt Habitats + Emergent Vegetation or Submerged Vegetation Habitats Y
Collection COMP-SUMP-SED-SOIL Composite sediment or soil sample from sump, collected over a specific period of time. Y
Measurement Fe2-DIPYRIDYL Iron, ferrous, in water or soil by Dipyridyl paper test strips or reagent - for detection and semi-quantitative determination Y
Preparation UNKNOWN-PREP Unknown preparation method - only for historic data or results where the method can't be determined. Y
Preservation Freeze-10DegC Frozen at -10 degrees Celsius Y
COLLECTION PONAR-STD Grab sampler, Ponar, standard Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric035 The percent of the sample made up of organisms that consume other organsims. Y
COLLECTION AUGER-HOLLOWSTEM Auger, hollow stem Y
COLLECTION VANVEEN60L Grab sampler, Van Veen, 60 liter Y
MEASUREMENT TEMPTEP Temperature by Triethyl Phosphate Thermometer Y
PREPARATION Unrinsed Specimen not rinsed prior to analysis. Y
Collection FISH-MULTI Fish collection, multiple methods (see Field Collection Comment). Y
Measurement FlowmeterMechanical Flowmeter, mechanical (e.g., turbine, paddlewheel, jet) Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric017 Percent of sample composed of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric032 Number of Plecoptera Taxa present in the sample Y
Preparation DRIEDTISSUE Tissue dried prior to analysis. Y
COLLECTION COMP-CV-QTRPT Composite water sample, constant volume. Samples of equal volume are taken at quarter points of the river cross-section and composited. Y
COLLECTION VANVEEN.20 Grab sampler, Van Veen, 0.20 m2 Y
MEASUREMENT BIOHabitatMetric025 Ratio of Hydropsychidae/Trichoptera within the sample, represents the relative abundance of pollution tolerant caddisflies. Y
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