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

9/27/99
Physico-chemical Parameters
 
Time Depth (m) Temp (C) pH SpCond Salinity (ppt) DO (%sat) D.O. (mg/l) Turbidity (NTU's)
1407:54 -0.1 27.78 9.17 1625 0.9 117.6 8.64 60.9
1410:01 -2.8 26.42 8.96 1577 0.8 63.9 5.33 57.8
1408:19 -4.9 26.35 8.70 1563 0.8 52.3 4.06 15.6
1408:06 -5.4 26.21 8.55 1553 0.8 43.4 3.38 20.4
1407:54 -6.3 26.06 8.44 1545 0.8 35.8 2.79 23.3

 
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)
-0.1 0.19 ND 0.49 ND 0.055 54 360
-6.3 0.29 ND 0.86 ND 0.059 53 350

 
 
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 0 0 0.61 0.042 17 24 4.78 2.964
6 0 0 0.27 0.031 17 14 7.052 4.136

Secchi Depth: 0.41 meters

Phytoplankton
-0.1 Meters
Division Genus Units/ml
Cyanophyta Spirulina 80
Cyanophyta Hydrocoleum 400
Cyanophyta Merismopedia 80
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 2000
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 6800
Chlorophyta Polyblepharides 80
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 80
Chrysophyta Mallomonas 80
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 1040

-6.3  Meters
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 3040
Chlorophyta Schroederia 80
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 400
Chlorophyta Polytoma 240
Euglenophtya Trachelomonas 560
Euglenophtya Phacus 80
Cyanophyta Spirulina 240
Cyanophyta Anabaenopsis 80

 Results from 8/23/99