Salt River Near Highway 288

Description of Site: This site is the highest point in the watershed to be sampled along the Salt River. Sampling will occur just below the diversion dam. Prior to entering Roosevelt Lake, it is unaffected by any reservoir processes.

Flow 445 cfs

6/20/00

Physico-chemical Parameters
Time Turbidity (NTU's) Temp (C) DO (ppm) DO (% sat.) pH TDS Ammonia (mg/l) Nitrate (mg/l) Ortho-P (mg/l) Sulfate (mg/l) Dissolved Fe (mg/l) Dissolved Mn (mg/l) Chloride (mg/l)
830 3500 19.7 8.46 94 7.3 490 5.4 0.95 0.5 60.4 0.51 0.76 208

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) TKN (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) TOC DOC UV254 Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
14500 12.5 3 0.38 680 26 20.2 3.57 0.1984 3.448 2.404

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 640
Chlorophyta Cladophora 240
Chrysophtya Cymbella 720
Chrysophtya Cocconeis 480
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 560
Chrysophtya Pleurosigma 80
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 480
Chrysophtya Amphiprora 240
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 320
Eugleonphyta Trachelomonas 960
Euglenophyta Phacus 720

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 18,260
Chrysophyta Cymbella 2892
Chrsyophtya Rhoicosphenia 6119
Chrsyophtya Cymatopleura 3506
Chrsyophyta Melosira 1895
Chrysophyta Amphiprora 809
Chlorophtya Ulothrix 4064
chlorophtya Cladophora 3157
chlorphtya Spirulina 2062

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Megaloptera Corydalidae Corydalus
Ephemeroptera Baetodes Baetis
Coleoptera Dryopidae Helichuus

  Results from 5/9/00