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Column	Definition	Unit
mwbc	Master Water Body Code; If the MWBC begins with M the water body is the Mississippi River. The number after the M refers to the river mile. Data source is USGS Biological Resources Division Onalaska WI
lake_unique	lake identification code; Code used based on old General Waters File lake identification by Wisconsin DNR. The first two numbers are county identification from 1-72 alphabetically. The remaining numbers are lake identification within the county generally alphabetical.
lakename	lake name
county	name of county (WI)
county_id	county id number; assigned alphabetically 1=Adams 72=Wood 0=Miss River
month	month of the year	nominalMonth
year4	year	nominalYear
spcode	macrophyte species code; Generally consists of the first 3 letters of the genus and first 2 letters of the species. If the first 5 letters of two species are identical a 6th letter is added.
aqstano	unique number assigned to each sampling point; Generally a combination of the transects number and then the quadrat number along that transect
visual_abundance	plant abundance at sampling point; Based on a 1-5 rating system following Wisconsin DNR protocol originally based on the criteria of Jesson and Lound 1962

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