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Ecological Studies at the Woodworth Study Area

Impact of Agricultural Land-Use on Prairie Wetland Ecosystems: Experimental Design and Overview

Table 2

Table 2. Summary of measurement endpoints collected during the sedimentation study, May-July 1993 and April-August 1994.


Hydrology and climatology                   Macrophytes
    Water level	                               Vegetation biomass
    Precipitation                              Vegetation composition
    Relative humidity                          Cover
    Soil moisture                                Density
    Wind speed and direction                     Species diversity
    Solar radiation                         Periphyton, Metaphyton, and Benthic Algae
Sediment                                       Biomass
    Sedimentation rates (mass/area/time)    Macroinvertebrates	
    Sediment composition                       Abundance	
        Particle size                          Biomass
        Organic and inorganic matter           Taxon diversity
        Carbonate content                   Waterfowl
        Nitrogen and phosphorous               Relative abundance
Water chemistry	                               Species diversity
    Dissolved oxygen
    Temperature
    pH
    Specific conductivity
    Turbidity
    Alkalinity
    Color
    Total suspended solids
    Volatile suspended solids
    Total and dissolved organic carbon
    Nutrients
        Total and dissolved N, P
        Orthophosphate
        Ammonium
        Nitrate+nitrite
    Cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K)
    Anions (SO4, Cl)
    Chlorophyll a (phytoplankton biomass)
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