Salt River Near Highway 288

Description of Site: This site is the highest point in the watershed to be sampled along the Salt River. Sampling will occur just below the diversion dam. Prior to entering Roosevelt Lake, it is unaffected by any reservoir processes.

Physico-chemical Parameters 7/19/99
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)
0800 230 24.7 8.31 99.6 8.31 1500 1.84 0.52 0.14 75 0.203 0.028 582

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) TKN (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)
87.3 17.1 4.65 1.88 29 0.980 5.76 4.76 NS 2.046 1.41

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 273
Chrysophyta Cymbella 273
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 182
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 727
Chrysophyta Stauroneis 364
Chrysophyta Synedra 454
Euglenophyta Euglena 636

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chlorophyta Cladophora 13,636
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 7273
Chrysophyta Amphora 4545
Chrysophyta Cymbella 1818
Chrysophyta Cymatopleura 1818
Chrysophyta Diploneis 2727
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 2727
Chrysophyta Navicula 6364
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 909
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 3636
Chrysophyta Synedra 909

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Odonata Protoneuridae Argia
Megaloptera Corydalidae Corydalus

 Results from 5/9/00