Water Quality Monitoring Data: Sturgeon River

Table Column Heading Descriptions:

WaterBody: lake or stream where sampling event occurred
Date: date of sampling event
Depth: units = meters
Sample: location in water column where data was collected.
Temperature: units = Celsius
DO: dissolved oxygen, units = mg/l (parts per million)
pH: ranges from 0 (acidic) to 12 (basic) with 7.0 being neutral.
SpCond: specific conductivity, units = microsiemens/cm.
Nitrate: nitrate-nitrogen, units = mg/l (parts per million)
Nitrogen: total nitrogen, units = mg/l (parts per million)
Chloride: units = mg/l (parts per million)
Phosphorous: total phosphorous, units = ug/l (parts per billion)

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