Roosevelt/Salt 2 (RS2)

Description of Site: This site is closer to the dam than RS1 and represents the transition zone (the zone between the lacustrine and riverine zone) of the Salt River Arm of Roosevelt Lake.
GPS Coordinates: 330 40.17 N   1110 03.28 W

5/8/00
Physico-chemical Parameters
 
Time Depth (m) Temp (C) pH SpCond Salinity (ppt) DO (%sat) D.O. (mg/l) Turbidity (NTU's)
1015:23 -0.2 11.69 8.71 1340 0.7 97.6 10.52 2.1
1014:45 -2.4 11.53 8.71 1353 0.7 99.2 10.73 4.6
1014:20 -3.9 11.51 8.70 1364 0.7 99.1 10.73 6.5
1014:02 -5.2 11.49 8.70 1371 0.7 97.4 10.55 7.4
1013:09 -6.0 111.43 8.69 1367 0.7 101.6 11.01 4.7

 
Depth (m) Ammonia (mg/l) Nitrate (mg/l) TKN (mg/l) Ortho P (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Sulfate (mg/l) Chloride (mg/l)
-0.4 0.05 0.15 2.4 ND 0.35 65.7 424
-5.2 0 0.15 2.7 ND 0.43 65.5 420

 
 
Depth (m) Dissolved Fe (mg/l) Dissolved Mn (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l)  Total Mn (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) TSS Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
-0.4 0.024 0 0.078 0 17.2 0 6.58 4.368
-5.2 0.024 0.014 0.084 0.019 17.2 0 ----------------- -----------------

Secchi Depth: 0.22  meters

Phytoplankton
-0.1 meters
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 720
Chlorophyta Conachaete 80
Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus 480
Chlorophyta Tetrastrum 80
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 160
Chlorophtya Thoracomonas 400
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 400
Chrysophyta Chrysococcus 320

 

Results from 3/20/00