Fig. 5: Comparison of water quality parameters post-fire before and after terrestrial and aquatic connectivity.

Principal component analysis (PCA) biplots constructed with mean daily values for dissolved oxygen (DO), fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM), pH, specific conductivity (SpCond), turbidity, ecosystem respiration (ER), and gross primary production (GPP). Dots represent data before and after Monsoon rainfall connected burned terrestrial and aquatic subsystems (pre- and post-connectivity), and arrows represent parameter eigenvectors. Longitudinal sampling locations are identified with subscripts indicating distance from the headwaters in kilometers.