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

Physico-chemical Parameters 9/9/99
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)
0915 8 26.0 6.56 80.9 7.68 310 0.011 ND ND 56.8 0.044 0.02 25.1

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) TOC DOC UV254 Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
9 13.6 1 0.162 0.50 0.14 3.06 NS 0.0964 3.812 3.288

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Anabaenopsis 160
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 80
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 160
Chlorophyta Polytoma 160
Chlorophyta Quadrigula 80
Chlorophyta Schroederia 80
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 80
Chrysophyta Amphora 160
Chrysophyta Cymbella 160
Chrysophyta Diatoma 240
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 80
Chrysophyta Surirella 240
Chrysophyta Synedra 160

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Anabaena 5920
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 88,800
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 97,680
Cyanophyta Spirulina 8800
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 5920
Chlorophyta Polytoma 2960
Chlorophyta Schroederia 11,840
Chlorophyta Spirogyra 8800
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 2960
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 17,760
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 5920
Chrysophyta Cymbella 2960
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 44,400
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 56,240
Chrysophyta Melosira 2960
Chrysophyta Navicula 26,640
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 17,760
Chrysophyta Synedra 142,080
Chrysophyta Terpsinoe 2960

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Hemiptera Naucoridae Pelocoris
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Petrophila
Odonata Coenagrionidae Hesperagrion
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche

Results from 8/4/99