| Metric | Abbreviation | Metric Category | Use | Response to Stress |
| Chironomidae richness | Chirrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
| Diptera richness | Diptrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
| Ephemeroptera richness | Ephrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
| Ephemeroptera + Plecoptera + Trichoptera richness | EPTrich | Richness | 1, 2, 3 | Decrease |
| Plecoptera richness | Plecrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
| Total taxa richness | TTrich | Richness | 1, 2, 3 | Decrease |
| Trichoptera richness | Tricrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
| % Chironomidae | Chircp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
| % Corbicula | Corbcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
| % Diptera | Diptcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
| % Ephemeroptera | Ephcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Decrease |
| % Ephemeroptera + Plecoptera | EPcp | bComposition/% | 1 | Decrease |
| % Ephemeroptera + Plecoptera + Trichoptera | EPTcp | bComposition/% | 1, 2, 3 | Decrease |
| % Hydropsychidae Trichoptera | HydTcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
| % Other Diptera + Non-insectsa | ODNIcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
| % Oligochaeta | Oligocp | bComposition/% | 1, 2 | Increase |
| % Plecoptera | Pleccp | bComposition/% | 2 | Decrease |
| % Tanytarsini midges | Tanycp | bComposition/% | 1, 2 | Decrease |
| % Trichoptera | Triccp | bComposition/% | 2 | Decrease |
| Clinger richness | ClingRfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Decrease |
| % Clingers | ClingPfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Decrease |
| % Filterers | Filtfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Increase |
| % Predators | Predfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Increase |
| % Scrapers | Scfh | Functional/Habitat | 1, 2 | Decrease |
| % Shredders | Shfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Decrease |
| % Intolerant taxa (KBI tolerance < 3.0) | IntKBItol | Tolerance | 1, 2 | Decrease |
| Kansas Biotic Index | KBItol | Tolerance | 1, 3 | Increase |
| Macroinvertebrate Biotic Index | MBItol | Tolerance | 1, 3 | Increase |
| % Dominant taxon | DT1dd | Dominance/Diversity | 2 | Increase |
| % of 2 dominant taxa | DT2dd | Dominance/Diversity | 2 | Increase |
| % of 5 dominant taxa | DT5dd | Dominance/Diversity | 2 | Increase |
| Shannon Diversity Index | SDIdd | Dominance/Diversity | 1, 3 | Decrease |
| EPT/Chironomidae ratio | EPTCratio | Ratio | 2 | Decrease |
| Scraper/Filtering collector ratio | ScFcratio | Ratio | 2 | Decrease |