Description
of Site: This site is just below Bartlett Dam and the most representative
of water immediately leaving the Verde River reservoirs.
GPS
Coordinates: 330 48.59
N 1110 38.88
W
7/17/00
Flow:
125 cfs
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) |
1100 | 2.2 | 16.7 | 10.17 | 104.5 | 8.4 | 300 | 0.15 | ND | ND | 55.7 | 0.063 | 0.02 | 23.3 |
TSS (mg/l) | Silica (mg/l) | TKN (mg/l) | Total P (mg/l) | Total Fe (mg/l) | Total Mn (mg/l) | MIB (ng/l) | Geosmin (ng/l) | CDOM (mg/m3) | Chl a (mg/m3) | Pheophytin a (mg/m3) |
2.67 | 18.7 | <0.5 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.054 | 2 | 13 | 0.188 | 0.808 | 0.784 |
Phytoplankton
Division | Genus | Units/ml |
Cyanophyta | Anabaenopsis | 80 |
Pyrrophyta | Gymnodinium | 560 |
Chlorophyta | Crucigenia | 160 |
Chlorophyta | Micractinium | 180 |
Chrysophyta | Melosira | 160 |
Chrysophyta | Cymbella | 80 |
Chrysophyta | Fragilaria | 240 |
Periphyton
Division | Genus | Units/cm2 |
Cyanophyta | Lyngbya | 1,848,137 |
Cyanophyta | Oscillatoria | 122,516 |
Cyanophyta | Arthrospira | 18,243 |
Chrysophyta | Cymbella | 88,119 |
Chrysophyta | Diatoma | 143,600 |
Chrysophyta | Fragilaria | 176,522 |
Chrysophyta | Gomphonema | 200,611 |
Chrysophyta | Pleurosigma | 34,108 |
Chrysophyta | Pinnularia | 62,409 |
Chrysophyta | Melosira | 172,519 |
Chrysophyta | Navicula | 18,047 |
Chrysophyta | Nitzchia | 37,740 |
Chrysophyta | Synedra | 126,092 |
Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
Order | Family | Sub-Family | Genus |
Trichoptera | Hydropsychidae | Hydropsyche | |
Hemiptera | Corixidae | Hesperocorixa | |
Diptera | Chironomidae | Chironomini | Chironomus |
Odonata | Lestidae | Archilestes | |
Odonata | Coenagrionidae | Hesperagrion | |
Ephemeroptera | Ephemeridae | Hexagenia |