Salt River @ Phon D. Sutton Rec. Area
Description of Site: This site is the farthest downstream site along the Salt River. It is before its' confluence with the Verde River and above Granite Reef Dam.

Flow: 425 cfs

8/28/00

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)
0855 3.8 24.4 6.83 81.7 7.3 900 ND 0.04 ND 62 0.02 0.02 377

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) CDOM (mg/l) Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
ND  14.9 3 0.25 0.037 0.035 0.528 0.924 0.592

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 240
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 320
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 160
Euglenophyta Euglena 80

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/ml
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 29,260
Chlorophyta Cladophora 42,522
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 7518
Chrysophyta Cymbella 95,431
Chrysophtya Diatoma 15,002
Chrsyophyta Gomphonema 68,953
Chrysophyta Navicula 19,226
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 2811
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 35,113
Chlorophyta Cloniophora 1805

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
Order Family Genus
Chironomidae Chironominae Chironomus
Hemiptera Corixidae Graptocorixa
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche

  Results from 7/17/00