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      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2512&gt;</Description>
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      <UID>54</UID>
      <Name>Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins</Name>
      <Description></Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2023-02-27T12:45:14 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <UID>3</UID>
      <Name>Habitat</Name>
      <Description></Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Information</Name>
      <Description></Description>
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      <Name>Inorganics, Major, Metals</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2268&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Inorganics, Major, Non-metals</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2276&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Inorganics, Minor, Metals</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2300&gt;</Description>
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      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2360&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Microbiological</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2512&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Microbiological, eDNA</Name>
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      <Name>Not Assigned</Name>
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      <Name>Nutrient</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2381&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Description></Description>
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      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/42&gt;</Description>
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      <Name>Organics, PCBs</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/1282&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Organics, Pesticide</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/1833&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance</Name>
      <Description>Matching NWIS/Aquarius (no space) PFAS, Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2020-04-11T00:00:00 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Description>renamed from PFOS, Perfluorooctane Sulfonate</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2020-06-19T11:06:09 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <LastChangeDate>2020-06-19T11:06:09 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Description></Description>
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      <Description></Description>
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      <Name>Population/Community</Name>
      <Description></Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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    <Domain>Characteristic Group(CharacteristicGroupName)</Domain>
      <UID>16</UID>
      <Name>Radiochemical</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/2428&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <UID>17</UID>
      <Name>Sediment</Name>
      <Description></Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Stable Isotopes</Name>
      <Description>&lt;http://hydro.geodab.eu/hydro-ontology/concept/5001&gt;</Description>
      <LastChangeDate>2018-06-15T09:44:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK</LastChangeDate>
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      <Name>Toxicity</Name>
      <Description></Description>
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