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Table 1 Catchment attributes of four sites in the study area

From: Long-term trends in stream benthic macroinvertebrate communities are driven by chemicals

No

Site characteristics (units)

Study sites

Aubach

Bieber

KiO

KiW

1

Catchment areas (km2)

40

28

745

905

2

Elevation (m above sea level)

247

197

121

117

3

Soil typea

Clay sands

Clay loams

4

Stream typeb

Type 5.1

Type 9.1

  1. aSoil classification based on the soil map of Germany (BÜK1000N V2.3), provided by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
  2. bStream types: Type 5.1: fine material, siliceous low mountain streams; Type 9.1: carbonate, fine-to-coarse-material middle mountain rivers [63]
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