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site_id = Site code created by researchers
month = month of sample collection
year = year of sample collection
date = date of sample collection 'MM/DD/YYYY'
stream_flow = binary 'Y / N' indicating if stream was flowing at time of sampling.
time = time of sampling 'HH:MM:SS'
catchment = larger catchment that site is nested within 'Deep Creek / Tomahawk Creek'
lat = latitude of sample location WGS84
long = longitude of sample location WGS84
type = type of subcatchment 'Agriculture / Disturbed Peatland / Pristine Peatland / Forest / Mix'
area = subcatchment area (km2) based on catchment delineation using data from Government of Alberta Open Data 25 m digital elevation model.
disturbed_peat = percent subcatchment cover that is extracted peatlands (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Wetlands Inventory.
wetland = percent subcatchment cover that is pristine peatlands (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Wetlands Inventory.
forest = percent subcatchment cover that is forest (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Human Footprint Index.
settlement = percent subcatchment cover that is human settlement (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Human Footprint Index.
roads = percent subcatchment cover that is roads (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Human Footprint Index.
water = percent subcatchment cover that is surface water (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Human Footprint Index.
cropland = percent subcatchment cover that is cropland (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Human Footprint Index.
other = percent subcatchment cover that is other land use (%), data from Alberta Monitoring and Inventory Human Footprint Index.
colluvial_deposits = percent of subcatchment that has colluvial deposists surficial geology (%), data from Government of Alberta Open Data Surficial Geology of Alberta. 
glaciolacustrine_deposits = percent of subcatchment that has glaciolacustrine deposits surficial geology (%), data from Government of Alberta Open Data Surficial Geology of Alberta.
icethrust_moraine = percent of subcatchment that has icethrust moraine surficial geology (%), data from Government of Alberta Open Data Surficial Geology of Alberta.
moraine = percent of subcatchment that has moraine surficial geology (%), data from Government of Alberta Open Data Surficial Geology of Alberta.
organic_deposits = percent of subcatchment that has organic deposits surficial geology (%), data from Government of Alberta Open Data Surficial Geology of Alberta.
preglacial_fluvial_deposits = percent of subcatchment that has preglacial fluvial deposits surficial geology (%), data from Government of Alberta Open Data Surficial Geology of Alberta.
fire_burned = percent of subcatchment that has been burned (%), data from Parkland County.
fire_presence = binary 'Y / N' indication if subcatchment was burned at all.
ph = pH measured in situ by a calibrated handheld multiparameter probe (Hanna)
cond = conductivity (uS) measured in situ by a calibrated handheld multiparameter probe (Hanna)
temp = temperature (C) measured in situ by a calibrated handheld multiparameter probe (Hanna)
turb = turbidity (NTU)
doc = dissolved organic carbon (mg/L)
suva = specific ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (L/mg-m)
din = dissolved inorganic nitrogen (mg/L)
dop = dissolved organic phosphorous (mg/L)
no3no2 = nitrate + nitrite (mg/L)
tn = total nitrogen (mg/L)
nh4n = N as ammonium (mg/L)
cl = chloride (mg/L)
no2n = N as nitrite (mg/L)
po4 = phosphate (mg/L)
so4 = sulfate (mg/L)
don = dissolved organic nitrogen (mg/L)
no3n = N as nitrate (mg/L)
sodium = sodium (mg/L)
k = potassium (mg/L)
mg = magnesium (mg/L)
zn = zinc (mg/L)
tp = total phosphorous (mg/L)
s = sulfur (mg/L)
ca = calcium (mg/L)
cu = copper (mg/L)
boron = boron (mg/L)
fe = total iron (mg/L)
mn = manganese (mg/L)
al = aluminum (mg/L)
X200 = absorbance at 200 nm
X201 = absorbance at 201 nm
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X750 = absorbance at 750 nm