Ecological Archives A017-038-A2

Sarah E. McClurg, J. Todd Petty, Patricia M. Mazik, and Janet L. Clayton. 2007. Stream ecosystem response to limestone treatment in acid impacted watersheds of the Allegheny Plateau. Ecological Applications 17:1087–1104.

Appendix B (Table B1). Descriptive characteristics and distribution coordinates of the 20 study sites in the Cheat River and Gauley River watersheds, West Virginia, USA.

Site	Status^†	Basin	Mean discharge (m³/sec)	Canopy cover (%)	Total habitat score^‡	UTM coordinates^§		Nearest mainstem	Distance to mainstem (m)
Site	Status^†	Basin	Mean discharge (m³/sec)	Canopy cover (%)	Total habitat score^‡	X	Y	Nearest mainstem	Distance to mainstem (m)
Upper Second Fork	A	Cheat	0.11	93	193	593157	4258676	Shavers Fork	4026
South Fork Red Creek	A	Cheat	0.52	70	147	638652	4314844	Red Creek	153
North Fork Cranberry River	A	Gauley	0.50	76	183	560343	4235339	Cranberry	1416
Red Creek	A	Cheat	2.00	34	154	638889	4315073	Red Creek	0
Little Odey	C	Cheat	0.02	50	191	594897	4259121	Shavers Fork	3241
Grants Branch	C	Cheat	0.09	95	181	620484	4287511	Gandy Creek	78
Gandy Run	C	Cheat	0.14	82	176	637254	4315105	Red Creek	106
Jakeman	C	Gauley	0.03	92	191	538865	4237722	Cranberry	158
Rattlesnake Run	C	Cheat	0.14	89	168	608034	4314637	Shavers Fork	832
Big Run	C	Cheat	0.27	93	172	621520	4289201	Gandy Creek	67
Little Black Fork	C	Cheat	0.17	96	179	610090	4315498	Shavers Fork	196
South Fork Cranberry River	C	Gauley	0.60	78	171	560981	4232141	Cranberry	0
Big Rocky Run	T-2	Gauley	0.41	90	182	548598	4225232	South Fork Cherry	708
Otter Creek	T-20	Cheat	1.97	72	186	620225	4322369	Dry Fork	196
First Fork	T-13	Cheat	0.65	47	183	596015	4268572	Shavers Fork	45
Red Run	T-7	Cheat	0.26	89	185	627562	4324870	Dry Fork	7728
North Fork Cherry River	T-7	Gauley	0.52	78	173	548368	4232130	Cherry	0
Mcgee Run	T-8	Cheat	0.13	94	189	601007	4285051	Shavers Fork	30
Crouch Run	T-13	Cheat	0.13	92	192	600687	4281719	Shavers Fork	62
Dogway Fork	T-16	Gauley	0.44	90	185	554626	4234453	Cranberry	555

† A, acidic; C, circumneutral; T, treated, with number of years since initial limestone treatment.

‡ Total habitat score refers to the EPA rapid visual habitat score (Barbour et al. 1999); higher score means better quality habitat (maximum is 200).

§ UTM, Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates.

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