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

6/12/00
Flow: 5 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)
1230 12.5 28 7.7 102.8 7.5 375 0.08 0.15 0.1 67.7 0.062 0.053 30.8
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)
ND 24.7 0.6 0.4 0.31 0.021 0.288 0.228

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 320

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 7289
Chrysophyta Diatoma 9215
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 46,041
Chrysophyta Cymbella 36,352
Chrysophyta Synedra 40,816
Chrysophyta Navicula 22,092
Chrsyophyta Staruoneis 10,058
Chrysophyta Epithemia 4698
Chlorphtya Rhizoclonium 6263
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 11,264

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
Order Family Genus
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Parapsyche
Odonata Calopterygidae Hetaerina
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Petrophila
Diptera Tipulidae Tipula

Results from 5/1/00