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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05534460       N BR CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD RD AT DEERFIELD, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat. 42°10'03", long. 87°49'44", in SE¼SE¼ sec.28, T.43N., R.12E., Lake County, on downstream side of Deerfield Road in Deerfield and at mile 29.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 18.7 mi²

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.
BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. One quantitative sample was collected in accordance with the NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). The quantitative sample was a composite of macroinvertebrates from about 10 submerged tree branches. Branches were cut underwater, gathered in a 425µm mesh net, and invertebrates were washed or picked from the branches. The average length and average diameter of each branch were measured and used to calculate an approximate surface area. All samples were processed by the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory. Phylum, Class, Order, Suborder, Family, Subfamily, and Tribe are listed and arranged according to the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory taxonomic hierarchy. Reach A begins 295 feet upstream of Deerfield Road and continues upstream for 492 feet. The surface area sampled at reach A was 0.31 m2.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES
[sp., species; A, Adults; LV, Larvae; P, Pupae; X, present; -, not found or not applicable; dam., damaged; imm., immature; indet., indeterminate; mount, poor mount; ref., reference]
PHYLUM
Class
Order Reach A
(Suborder) 7/17/2000
Family
Subfamily Life stage Quantitative sample Laboratory notes
(Tribe)
Taxon Abundance
(count)		 Density
(number/m2)
CNIDARIA
Hydrozoa
Hydroida
Hydridae
Hydra sp. - 4 13 -
PLATYHELMINTHES
Turbellaria
Turbellaria - 45 146 -
MOLLUSCA
Gastropoda
Basommatophora
Ancylidae
Ancylidae - 25 81 imm.
Ferrissia sp. - 8 26 -
Physidae
Physinae
Physella sp. - 58 188 -
Planorbidae
Gyraulus sp. - 8 26 -
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae - 12 39 imm.
Pisidiinae
Pisidium sp. - 21 68 -
ANNELIDA
Oligochaeta
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Tubificidae
Tubificidae - 37 120 -
ARTHROPODA
Malacostraca
Isopoda
(Asellota)
Asellidae
Caecidotea sp. - 440 1429 -
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
(Furcatergalia)
Caenidae
Caenis sp. L 8 26 -
Hemiptera
(Heteroptera)
Belostomatidae
Belostomatinae
Belostoma sp. L 1 3 -
Corixidae
Corixinae
(Corixini)
Trichocorixa sp. A 4 13 -
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Chauliodinae
Chauliodes rastricornis Rambur L 4 13 -
Trichoptera
(Annulipalpia)
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychinae
Cheumatopsyche sp. L 8 26 -
(Integripalpia)
Leptoceridae
Leptoceridae L 4 13 imm.
Diptera
(Nematocera)
Chironomidae
Chironominae
Chironominae P 4 13 -
(Chironomini)
Chironomini L 8 26 dam.; mount
Cryptochironomus sp. L 4 13 -
Dicrotendipes sp. L 33 107 -
Phaenopsectra sp. L 62 201 -
Polypedilum sp. L 362 1175 -
Stenochironomus sp. L 4 13 -
Orthocladiinae
Cricotopus bicinctus group L 4 13 -
Rheocricotopus sp. L 4 13 -
Tanypodinae
Tanypodinae P 4 13 -
(Pentaneurini)
Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996)" L 82 266 -
(Procladiini)
Procladius sp. L 16 52 -
Simuliidae
Simuliidae L 8 26 imm.
Simulium sp. L 8 26 -
Simulium sp. P 8 26 -


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Introduction

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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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