Verde River at Riverside Campground (V3)

Description of Site: This site is just below Bartlett Dam and the most representative of water immediately leaving the Verde River reservoirs.
GPS Coordinates: 330 48.59 N   1110 38.88 W

2/2/00
Flow: 96 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)
1015 5.4 11.3 11.02 98.8 8.58 325 0.06 0.09 0 64.3 0.091 0.013 23.5
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)
3.4 21.8 0.9 0.06 0.32 0.021 1.96 2.04 0.058 1.16 0.868

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Chlorophyta Chlorella 80
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 480
Chlorophyta Coccomonas 400
Chrysophyta Navicula 80
Chrysophyta Phacotus 240
Chrysophyta Tetraedon 160

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 3,653,866
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 924,800
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 281,067
Chrysophyta Diatoma 181,333
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 199,467
Chrysophyta Melosira 172,267
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 62,333
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 81,600
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 208,533
Chrysophyta Cymbella 40,800
Chrysophyta Synedra 54,400

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order  Family Genus
Amphipoda Talitridae Hyalella
Megaloptera Corydalidae Corydalus
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Parapsyche
Hirudinea Rhychobdellida Helobdella

 Results from 1/4/00