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Stroud Center Project in Madre de Dios, Peru
Station: QINFIERNO (Tributary to Tambopata near Infierno )
 
Watershed Condition: Agriculture
Latitude: -12.71099 Longitude: -69.22817

  Chemistry Temperature 23.9 oC
    pH 6.849  
    Conductivity 29.1 uS/cm
    Dissolved Oxygen 7.37 mg/L
    % Dissolved Oxygen 87.8  
    Alkalinity (CO3) 257.62 mg/L
    DOC 1.12 mg/L
    BDOC 0.27 mg/L
    Calcium 1.29 mg/L
    Magnesium 1.41 mg/L
    Sodium 2.37 mg/L
    Potassium 1.92 mg/L
    Chloride 0.164 mg/L
    Sulfate 0.577 mg/L
    Ammonium-N 0.015 mg/L
    Nitrite-N 0.001 mg/L
    Nitrate-N 0.092 mg/L
    Phosphate 0.007 mg/L
  Seston Fine Suspended Sediment 10.21 mg/L
    FSS Particulate Org C 0.48 mg/L
    FSS Particulate Org N 0.041 mg/L
    FSS molar C/N 13.65  
    FSS del 13C -28.98 permil
    FSS del 15N -7.21 permil
    FSS Org C % 4.7  
    FSS Org N % 0.41  
    Coarse Suspended Sediment 0.25 mg/L
    CSS Particulate Org C 0.0098 mg/L
    CSS Particulate Org N . mg/L
    CSS molar C/N .  
    CSS del 13C . permil
    CSS del 15N . permil
    CSS Org C % .  
    CSS Org N % .  
  Isotopes del 15N 7.95 permil
    del 18O 18.59 permil
    Mean DOC from 13C Samples 1.44 mg/L
    Mean DOC del 13C -30.2 permil
  Macroinvertebrates % EPT 17.09  
    Shannon Index 1.55  
    EPT Richness 4.42  
    Macro Richness 9.45  

 

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