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

5/1/00
Flow: 135 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)
1445 36 23.1 9.94 93.3 7.9 375 0.15 0.23 ND 75 0.37 0.023 38.6
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)
49.1 23.5 1.0 0.24 3.3 0.077 1.764 1.396

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Cyanophyta Aphanothece 720
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 160
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 160
Chrysophyta Diatoma 240
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 160

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 3582
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 11,4224
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 19,863
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 2626
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 26,442
Cyanophtya Chroococcus 8143
Cyanophyta Anabaena 4249
Chrysophyta Cymbella 29,432
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 17,227
Chrysophyta Navicula 29,412
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 23,062

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
Order Family Genus
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Parapsyche
Megaloptera Corydalidae Corydalus

Results from 3/14/00