A field investigation was conducted in August 2009 in Taizi River Basin, Northeast China, and samples of stream macroinverterbates and water chemistry were collected from 211 sites.
Samples for serum chemistry were collected in 3 ml serum tubes (Becton Dickinson).
Heparinised blood for immune monitoring, EDTA blood for standard hematology, and serum for standard clinical chemistry were collected by venipuncture.
Blood samples for assessment of laboratory safety parameters (hematology, platelets, and clinical chemistry) were collected at baseline, on day 15 of each cycle, and at end of study.
At screening, parathyroid hormone [PTH(1 84 ], 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 24-h urine calcium and clinical chemistry were collected as previously described [ 24].
Blood samples for hematology and plasma chemistry were collected in sodium heparin tubes (Monoject, Sherwood Medical, St . Louis MO; or Vacutainer, Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ) within 15 min of capture, were kept cool on ice or in a refrigerator, and were processed within 6 hr of blood collection.
Blood for hematology and for serum chemistry was collected once a week; CRP analysis was performed twice a week.
Water chemistry data were collected and analyzed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) as part of their stream chemistry monitoring network (KDHE 2000).
Litter (LFH; a combination of fresh litter (L), and partly and well-decomposed litter (FH) all <10 cm diameter) and soil chemistry samples were collected before spray application and then at 15, 30, 79 and 163 days after spray application.
Information about the catchment and riparian corridor landscapes, reach-scale river properties, and catchment environments and river water chemistry data were collected monthly from 31 streams across the Tiaoxi Basin from July 2011 to June 2012.
