Verde River at Sheep Bridge (V1)

Description of Site: This site is approximately 8 river miles above Horseshoe Lake. It is the uppermost site sampled along the Verde River and is unaffected by any reservoir processes.

Flow 85 cfs

7/17/00

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)
1345 16 29.8 8.12 106.7 8.3 370 0.14 ND ND 106 0.12 0.012 38.4

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) MIB Geosmin CDOM Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
32.7 26.9 0.25 0.07 1.2 0.05 9 4 0.185 1.724 1.208

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 320
Chlorophyta Microspora 160
Chrysophtya Navicula 240
Cyanophyta Merismopedia 80
Pyrrophyta Massartia 160

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Terpinsoe 32,418
Cyanophyta Holopedium 707
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 34,296
Cyanophyta Pleurocapsa 1304
Chlorphyta Microspora 7519
Chlorphtya Cladophora 38,514

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Heptagenia
Odonata Coenagrionidae Argia
Trichoptera Limnephilidae Oligophlebodes
Hemiptera Naucoridae Ambrysus
Hemiptera Corixidae Neocorixa
Coleoptera Dytiscidae Agabus

  Results from 6/12/00