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

3/14/00
Flow: 400 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)
1130 22 16.3 9.61 98.7 8.1 255 0.04 0.2 ND 52.9 0.22 ND 22.6

 
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)
28.8 22 2.4 0.09 2.1 0.024 2.624 1.788

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus 480
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 160
Chrysophtya Fragilaria 80
Chlorophyta Coccomonas 480
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 80
Cyanophyta Merismopedia 240
Cyanophtya Aphanothece 240

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Diatoma 610
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 3284
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 1818
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 812
Chrysophyta Navicula 2222
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 2764
Chrysophyta Cymbella 520
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 810
Chrysophyta Cladophora 6430
Chlorophyta Chaetophora 2466
Chlorophyta Gongrosira 1552

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
Order Family Genus
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Baetis
Diptera Simuliidae Simulium
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Parapsyche
Hemiptera Psephenidae Eubrianix
Amphipoda Talitridae Hyalella

Results from 2/2/00