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 11/02/99
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)
1343 14 20 10.25 112.8 8.70 250 0.46 0.12 0 48.6 0.061 0 19.9

 
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)
15 48.6 0.92 0.18 0.59 0.047 3.97 3.36 ND 3.092 3.056

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Anabaenopsis 160
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 320
Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus 960
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 240
Chlorophyta Chlorella 480
Chlorophyta Chlorococcum 320
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 160
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 80
Chrysophyta Cyclotella 240
Chrysophyta Diatoma 320
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 160
Chrysophyta Melosira 80
Chrysophyta Synedra 320
Euglenophyta Phacus 80
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 560

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 76533
Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus 5467
Chlorophyta Cladaphora 68333
Chlorophyta Lobomonas 2733
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 19133
Chrysophyta Cymbella 21867
Chrysophyta Diatoma 16400
Chrysophyta Diploneis 21867
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 24600
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 5467
Chrysophyta Melosira 16400
Chrysophyta Navicula 84733
Chrysophyta Stuaroneis 38267
Chrysophyta Synedra 30.067
Chrysophyta Tabellaria 13667

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Amphipoda Talitridae Hyalella
Hemiptera Corixidae Hesperocorixa
Hemiptera Saldidae Rupisalda
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Petrophila
Plecoptera Pteronarcyidae Pteronarcella
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche

Results from 10/05/99