Salt River @ Phon D. Sutton Rec. Area
Description of Site: This site is the farthest downstream site along the Salt River. It is before its' confluence with the Verde River
and above Granite Reef Dam. .

Physico-chemical Parameters 10/05/99
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)
1050 1.5 24.3 10.24 122.1 8.46 800 0.14 ND ND 58 ND ND 310

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) TOC (mg/l) DOC (mg/l) UV254 (cm -1) Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
ND 15 0.68 0.037 ND 0.029 4.00 1.73 0.0542              0.568 0.416

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Anabaena 160
Cyanophyta Holopedium 160
Chlorophyta Thoracomonas 160
Chrysophyta Acnanthes 400
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 480
Chrysophyta Cymbella 320
Chrysophyta Diatoma 80
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 80
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 240
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 80
Chrysophyta Synedra 400
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 80
Pyrrophyta Massartia 240

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Anabaena 42,600
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 148,311
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 12,622
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 39,444
Chrysophyta Acnanthes 23,666
Chrysophyta Cymbella 55,222
Chrysophyta Diatoma 1144
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 55,222
Chrysophyta Melosira 33,133
Chrysophyta Navicula 3155
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 28,400
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 23,666
Chrysophyta Rhoicosphenia 4733
Chrysophyta Synedra 48,911
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 4733

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Hemiptera Gerridae Trepobates
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Petrophila
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche

Results from 8/31/99