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Benthic-macroinvertebrate and habitat data in Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania, 1998-2021

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1998
End Date
2021

Citation

Rossi, M.L., and Reif, A.G., 2023, Benthic-macroinvertebrate and habitat data in Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania, 1998-2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9X02Y4H.

Summary

The Stream Conditions of Chester County Biological Monitoring Network was established by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Chester County Water Resources Authority in 1969. Benthic-macroinvertebrate, habitat, and stream chemistry data were collected annually from 1998-2021 at 18 fixed location sites. Additionally, nine flexible location sites were selected and sampled annually from 1998-2021. Some of the flexible location sites were sampled more than once over the study period. All data were collected in the fall months (October-November) during baseflow conditions. The benthic-macroinvertebrate data collected was used to calculate six metrics and to establish an index of biotic integrity for each sample, while the habitat data was [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Marissa L Rossi
Originator :
Marissa L Rossi, Andrew G Reif
Metadata Contact :
Marissa L Rossi
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Data Owner :
Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pennsylvania Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Benthic-macro_habitat_Metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		75.23 KB application/fgdc+xml
GEOREF_Benthic-macro_1998_2021.txt 11.99 KB text/plain
README_Benthic-macro_1998_2021.txt 4.09 KB text/plain
1998_2021_Benthic_Macro_Data.txt 2.56 MB text/plain
1998_2021_Benthic_Macro_Data.xlsx 885.13 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
1998_2021_Benthic_Metric_Data.txt 84.63 KB text/plain
1998_2021_Benthic_Metric_Data.xlsx 74.41 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
1998_2021_Habitat_Parameter_Data.txt 83.93 KB text/plain
1998_2021_Habitat_Parameter_Data.xlsx 70.67 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

The Stream Conditions of Chester County Biological Monitoring Network was established by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Chester County Water Resources Authority in 1969, with the goal of assessing the quality of Chester County streams and to gain an understanding of stream changes in response to urbanization. Benthic macroinvertebrates are aquatic organisms that live on the stream bottom. Evaluation of benthic-macroinvertebrate communities is a useful tool for evaluating stream quality at a specific site because the habitat preference and low mobility of benthic macroinvertebrates cause them to be directly affected by water quality and physical conditions. Therefore, benthic-macroinvertebrate communities are used to assess the long-term cumulative effects of various chemical and physical stressors.

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