Periphyton communities in streams of the Ozark plateaus and their relations to selected environmental factors
USGS. 2002. Periphyton communities in streams of the Ozark plateaus and their relations to selected environmental factors. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Investigations Report. 02-4210. USGS
During August through September of 1993-95, 83 periphyton samples were collected at 51 stream sites in the Ozark Plateaus. These sites were categorized into six land-use categories (20 forest, 18 agriculture, 10 mining, 1 urban, 1 urban/mining, and 1 mix), based on land-use percentages in the basin upstream from the site. Results indicate that periphyton communities of riffles of Ozark streams are affected by natural and land-use related factors. These factors include nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, alkalinity, canopy shading, suspended sediment, embeddedness, stream morphometry, and velocity.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- USGS
- Date of Issue
- 2002
- Publisher
- USGS
- Units
- BUFF
- Keywords
- aquatic life, Assessment, NAWQA, Stream Habitat, Water Chemistry, Water Quality