Data for effects of watershed and in-stream liming on macroinvertebrate communities in acidified tributaries to an Adirondack lake

In 2012, a program was initiated using in-stream and aerial (whole-watershed) liming to improve water quality and Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) recruitment in three acidified tributaries of a high-elevation Adirondack lake in New York State. Concurrently, macroinvertebrates were sampled annually between 2013 and 2016 at 3 treated and 3 untreated reference sites to assess the effects of each liming technique on this community. Macroinvertebrate communities were monitored at 6 study sites: T16, T8A (50 m upstream of lime application point), T8 (50 m downstream of lime application point), T6 (1230 m downstream of the lime application point), and at two unlimed reference streams, T24 and T20. T24 is of similar...

Categories: Data; Tags: Adirondack Mountains, Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Herkimer County, Honnedaga Lake, All tags... New York, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, acid deposition, benthic ecosystems, liming, macroinvertebrates, remediation, streams, water chemistry, Fewer tags