However, certain locations (stream reaches) or time periods could demonstrate variability in spiraling metrics between BTC rising and falling limbs, particularly in systems near saturation prior to nutrient addition or with two (or more) very distinct compartments. We suggest that use of the TASCC approach should reveal times of hysteresis by quantifying differences in spiraling on the rising and falling limbs of BTCs (as a function of time or history of exposure). These differences would be evident in raw N:Cl data and in the Sw-add-dyn data and would consistently carry through in the Utot-dyn, Utot-dyn-MB, and Vf-tot-dyn calculations. Therefore, the ability to elucidate and quantify any temporal dependencies or history of exposure affects is an additional benefit of the TASCC approach.