744 INDEX A Bagnell Access to USGS water data .............................................................. 18 Lake of the Ozarks near .......................................................... 295 Accuracy of data and computed results ............................................ 12 Osage River near ..................................................................... 297 Accuracy of the Records .................................................................. 13 Ballwin Acre-foot, definition of ..................................................................... 18 Kiefer Creek near .................................................................... 470 Adenosine triphosphate, definition of .............................................. 18 Bankfull stage, definition of ............................................................. 19 Adjusted discharge, definition of ..................................................... 18 Bardley Agee Creek near Savannah ............................................................... 717 Eleven Point River near .......................................................... 686 Agency Barnett Hollow near Camdenton ...................................................... 720 Platte River near ...................................................................... 115 Base discharge, definition of ............................................................ 19 Akers Base flow, definition of .................................................................... 19 Current River above ................................................................ 648 Bates Creek at Potosi ....................................................................... 721 Welch Spring near ................................................................... 724 Battlefield Algae, Wilson Creek near ................................................................... 585 Blue-green, definition of ......................................................... 19 Bear Creek at Hannibal .................................................................... 59 Fire, definition of ..................................................................... 21 near Bolivar ............................................................................. 720 Green, definition of ................................................................. 22 near Patterson .......................................................................... 722 Algal growth potential, definition of ................................................ 18 Bear Creek Basin, hydrologic records in ......................................... 59 Alkalinity, definition of .................................................................... 18 Beaver Creek at Bradleyville ........................................................... 624 Allendale Bed material, definition of ............................................................... 19 East Fork Grand River at ......................................................... 175 Bedload, definition of ...................................................................... 19 Alley Bedload discharge, definition of ...................................................... 19 Alley Spring at ......................................................................... 724 Belle Alley Spring below .................................................................. 655 Upper Peavine Creek near ....................................................... 721 Alley Spring Bellefontaine Neighbors Jacks Fork above ..................................................................... 652 Maline Creek at ....................................................................... 388 Jacks Fork at ............................................................................ 653 Watkins Creek at ..................................................................... 382 Alley Spring at Alley ........................................................................ 724 Bennett Springs below Alley ............................................................................. 655 Niangua River below .............................................................. 291 Alton Benthic organisms, definition of ...................................................... 19 Louse Creek near ..................................................................... 723 Berryman Ambient water-quality network, definition of .................................. 8 Courtois Creek at .................................................................... 448 Analyses of samples collected at water-quality Bethany partial-record stations .............................................................. 724 Big Muddy Creek near ............................................................ 718 Annapolis East Fork Big Creek near ........................................................ 177 Black River below ................................................................... 640 Big Creek at Des Arc ....................................................................... 542 Black River near ...................................................................... 638 at Sam A. Baker State Park ..................................................... 544 Annual runoff, definition of ............................................................. 18 Big Muddy Creek near Bethany ....................................................... 718 Annual 7-day minimum, definition of .............................................. 18 Big Piney Aquifer Big Piney River near ............................................................... 313 Confined, definition of ............................................................ 20 Big Piney River at Devils Elbow ..................................................... 317 Unconfined, definition of ........................................................ 28 below Ft. Leonard Wood ........................................................ 315 Water-table, definition of ........................................................ 29 near Big Piney ......................................................................... 313 Arkansas River Basin, hydrologic records in ................................... 690 Big River at Byrnesville ................................................................... 466 Arnold at Irondale ............................................................................... 460 Martigney Creek near .............................................................. 440 near Richwoods ....................................................................... 462 Aroclor, definition of ........................................................................ 18 Big Spring near Van Buren .............................................................. 670 Arrangement of records .................................................................... 13 Big Sugar Creek near Powell ........................................................... 702 Artificial substrate, definition of ...................................................... 19 Biochemical oxygen demand, definition of ..................................... 19 Ash mass, definition of ..................................................................... 19 Biomass, definition of ...................................................................... 19 Aspect, definition of ......................................................................... 19 Biomass pigment ratio, definition of ................................................ 19 Atlanta Black Jack Long Branch Creek at .............................................................. 219 Coldwater Creek near .............................................................. 374 Ava Spanish Lake Tributary near ................................................... 380 Little Beaver Creek near .......................................................... 722 Black River at Poplar Bluff .............................................................. 646 below Annapolis ..................................................................... 640 B near Annapolis ........................................................................ 638 Blackwater River near Blue Lick ..................................................... 235 Bacteria, definition of ....................................................................... 19 Enterococcus, definition of ...................................................... 21 Blank samples, explanation of ......................................................... 15 Blue Lick Escherichia coli, definition of ................................................. 21 Blackwater River near ............................................................. 235 Fecal coliform, definition of .................................................... 21 Fecal streptococcal, definition of ............................................ 21 Blue River at Kansas City ................................................................ 136 at Blue Ridge Blvd. Ext. in Kansas City ................................. 131 Total coliform, definition of .................................................... 28 at Stadium Drive in Kansas City ............................................. 162 INDEX 745 Blue River Basin, hydrologic records in .......................................... 131 Carthage Blue Spring near Eminence .............................................................. 724 Spring River at ........................................................................ 690 Blue Springs Cassville Blue Springs Reservoir near