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. 2016 Jun 16;566:1042–1051. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.123

Table 1.

Station IDs, station locations, and environmental parameters at the time of sampling.

Sampling date USGS station ID Station name Water temperature (°C) Discharge m3 s− 1 Dissolved oxygen (mg L− 1) pH water Specific conductance (μS cm− 1)
8/09/2011 5451110 SF400 27 0.096 8.8 7.9 607
5451140 TC313 26.6 0.057 13.4 8 677
5451148 TC323 22.4 0.184 8.5 7.9 563
5451210 SF450 22.4 0.623 7.9 8 539
5451260 BC350 23.8 0.224 11.2 7.8 546
8/10/2011 5471009 WC 15.8 0.003 8.4 7.9 801
11/03/2011 5451110 SF400 6.3 0.113 7.6 7.4 580
5451140 TC313 7.9 0.014 15.1 7.8 661
5451148 TC323 6.2 0.108 13.1 7.8 580
5451210 SF450 5.6 0.190 10.6 7.3 547
5451260 BC350 5 0.099 10.4 6.7 510
3/07/2012 5451110 SF400 2.6 0.663 13 7.7 582
5451140 TC313 10.2 0.283 14 7.8 615
5451148 TC323 7.6 0.496 13.2 7.9 648
5451210 SF450 6.6 1.133 11.5 7.6 581
5451260 BC350 7.9 0.357 12.8 7.8 587
3/08/2012 5471009 WC 5.3 0.011 14.8 8 730
4/15/2012 5451110 SF400 17.2 0.906 9.9 8 719
5451140 TC313 16.6 0.736 12.6 8 683
5451148 TC323 15.3 1.218 10.6 8 609
5451210 SF450 13.7 2.633 8.7 7.6 532
5451260 BC350 13.5 1.586 9.2 7.7 604

SF400-South Fork River near Buckeye, Iowa; TC313- Tipton Creek near D Avenue in Buckeye, Iowa; TC323-Tipton Creek East in Hubbard, Iowa; SF450-South Fork Iowa River NE near New Providence, Iowa; BC350- Beaver Creek near 250th Street in Eldora, Iowa; and WC- Walnut Creek near 510th Avenue in Ames, Iowa. Water samples were not collected at Walnut Creek for the November 2011 sampling because of a dry streambed or for the April 2012 sampling due to sampling logistics.