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

8/23/99
Physico-chemical Parameters
 
Time Depth (m) Temp (C) pH SpCond Salinity (ppt) DO (%sat) D.O. (mg/l) Turbidity (NTU's)
1133:36 0 31.24 9.18 1431 0.8 112.8 8.05 7.6
1132:34 1.6 28.42 8.88 1378 0.7 74.9 5.62 26.4
1131:52 3 27.84 8.67 1360 0.7 59.4 4.5 33
1131:18 4.6 27.18 8.25 1421 0.8 39.2 3 40.9
1130:55 6.2 27.05 2040 1.1 69.6 5.3 34.9
1134:59 7.4 27.22 8.41 2125 1.1 53.7 4.1 62.4

 
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 0.034 ND <1 ND 0.072 43 282
6 ND ND 2 ND 0.138 40.5 280

 
 
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 0.087 0.02 0.37 0.07 21.8 0.756 5.3 5.244
6 0.065 0.02 0.46 0.05 20.3 20 0.784 0.756

Secchi Depth: 0.4 meters

Phytoplankton
0 Meters
Division Genus Units/ml
Cyanophyta Dasygloea 240
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 80
Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus 1440
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 160
Chlorophyta Chlorella 720
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 240
Chlorophyta Haematococcus 240
Chlorophyta Microspora 560
Chlorophyta Polytoma 2800
Chlorophyta Scenedesmus 80
Chlorophyta Tetraselmis 80
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 400
Chrysophyta Navicula 80
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 400
Cryptophyta Monomastix 800
Euglenophyta Euglena 80
Euglenophyta Phacus 480
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 2400

6 Meters
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 80
Chlorophyta Chlorella 480
Chlorophyta Coccomonas 720
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 80
Chlorophyta Lepocinclus 80
Chlorophyta Polytoma 1280
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 400
Cryptophyta Monomastix 160
Euglenophyta Euglena 240

Results from 7/19/99