Verde River at Mesquite Flat Campground (V2)

Description of Site: This site is apporximately 0.75 miles below Horseshoe Dam and represents water conditions between Horseshoe and Bartlett Lakes.
GPS Coordinates: 330 57.70 N   111 42.77 W

2/2/00
Flow: 189 cfs
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)
1140 12 11.7 10.03 92.4 8.81 310 0.04 ND ND 63 0.14 0.014 24.5
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
28.4 22 1.9 0.05 1.0 0.014 5.924 3.444

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Chlotophyta Coccomonas 2320
Chrysophyta Synedra 160
Cyanophyta Aphanothece 160
Chlorophyta Chlorella 80
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 240
Chlorophyta Characiochlons 160
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 160

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 5100
Chlorophyta Cladophora 4533
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 1133
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 2267
Chrysophyta Navicula 3400
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 1700
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 567
Chrysophyta Rhoicosphenia 707,200

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
Order Family Genus
Odonata Calopterygidae Hetaerina
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Baetis
Odonata Coenagrionidae Amphiagrion
Diptera Simuliidae Simulium
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Parapsyche
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Pseudocloeon
Hemiptera Maucoridae Ambrysus
Hirudinea Rhynchobdellida Helobdella
Hirudinea Rhynchobdellida Glossiphonia
Amphipoda Talitridae Hyalella

Results from 1/4/00