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.

5/9/00

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)
900 3.2 21.8 8.58 97.8 8.1 420 0.26 0.16 ND 172 0.026 0 1210

 
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)
0 19.5 2 0.13 0.18 0.011 3.36 2.83 0.0508 0.276 0.196

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Cyanophyta Aphanothece 320
Chrysophyta Diploneis 160
Chlorophyta Lobomonas 240
Euglenophyta Euglena 160
Euglenophyta Phacus 160
Chlorophtya Coccomonas 480
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 80
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 160
Chrysophtya Amphiprora 80

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophtya Diploneis 52,800
Chrysophyta Diatoma 4800
Chrysophtya Sruirella 7200
Chrysophyta Opephora 7200
Chrysophyta Pleurosigma 12,000
Chlorophyta Closterium 2400
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 12,000
Chrysophtya Rhriocosphenia 14,400
Chrysophyta Synedra 14,400

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Ephemeroptera Baetodes Baetis
Ephemoptera Ephemeridae Ephemera
Coleoptera Dytiscidae Neoclypeodytes
Odonata Calopterygidae Hetaerina

   Results from 3/13/00