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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05567000       PANTHER CREEK NEAR EL PASO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°46'24", long 89°04'37" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.27 N., R.1 E., Woodford County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank on downstream side of bridge on county road just downstream from East Branch Panther Creek, 2 mi upstream from West Branch, 3.8 mi northwest of El Paso, and at mi 12.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 93.9 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1949 to September 1960, October 1996- September 1998.

 

STAGE: Water years 1997-1998.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water yars 1961-96.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: October 1997 to September 1998.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1996-98.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.

 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-98, 2003.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-92-2: 1988 (M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.86 ft above NGVD of 1929 (658.69 ft NAVD 1988).

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Algae community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the lower Illinois River Basin. A quantitative sample was collected in accordance with NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). Reach A begins 66 ft upstream of the gage, and continues upstream for 459 ft.

PERIPHYTON ALGAE, QUANTITATIVE, DTH (Depositional-targeted habitat)
[sp., species; Chlorophyta, Green algae; Cyanophyta, Blue-green algae; Chrysophyta, Golden algae, for example diatoms; Cryptophyta, Cryptophytes; Euglenophyta, Euglenoids; Pyrrhophyta, Dinoflagellates; Rhodophyta, Red algae]
Quantitative sample
Phylum
TaxonCells
(number/cm2)		Biovolume
(biovolume/cm2)
Reach A
9/2/1997
Chlorophyta
Oocystis elliptica West 27329.4538 111352219.3
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 109317.8152 3805550.56
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 3043.62661 165489.9455
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 3043.62661 286478.3646
Chrysococcus rufescens Klebs 27329.4538 3954617.513
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 22827.36355 4107734.061
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 27392.85813 2297617.723
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 28914.67143 24985425.58
Eucocconeis flexella (Kützing) Cleve 3043.62661 863242.2927
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 16740.083 5576662.724
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 21305.55025 8323249.37
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 3043.62661 661894.2791
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 21305.55025 597501.611
Melosira varians Agardh 16740.083 84946714.94
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 3043.62661 1758432.069
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 9130.93449 2412489.646
Navicula difficillima Hustedt 21305.55025 470183.3141
Navicula exilis Kützing 3043.62661 1084047.18
Navicula gregaria Donkin 63916.67808 17829132.2
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 12174.58843 1589205.798
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 13696.42906 2562068.095
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 3043.62661 1203028.637
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 6087.28055 1547540.544
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 9130.93449 449654.2323
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 9130.93449 507924.6001
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 24349.20419 7373760.299
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 86744.04163 14790065.95
Nitzschia reversa Smith 9130.93449 5616639.418
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 6087.28055 3103566.468
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 10652.77512 597577.6646
Surirella minuta Brébisson 70003.95863 59827556.11
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 124789.7022 111283964.1
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 3043.62661 7428507.014
Cyanophyta
Cyanobacterium cedrorum (Sauvageau) Komárek 27329.4538 1543230.487
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek 2104367.942 8247238.823
Leptolyngbya ochracea (Thuret) Anagnostidis & Komárek 6039809.289 3567255.542
Oscillatoria fremyii De Toni 5875832.566 8207119.79
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 437271.2607 15136747.38
Pseudanabaena amphigranulata (Van Goor) Anagnostidis 163976.7228 1017025.417
PERIPHYTON ALGAE, QUANTITATIVE, RTH (Richest-targeted habitat, cobbles or snags)
[sp., species; Chlorophyta, Green algae; Cyanophyta, Blue-green algae; Chrysophyta, Golden algae, for example diatoms; Cryptophyta, Cryptophytes; Euglenophyta, Euglenoids; Pyrrhophyta, Dinoflagellates; Rhodophyta, Red algae]
Quantitative sample
Phylum
TaxonCells
(number/cm2)		Biovolume
(biovolume/cm2)
Reach A
8/14/1997
Chlorophyta
Gonium pectorale Möller 11723.89591 906009.649
Kirchneriella lunaris var. irregularis GM Smith 732.74349 153387.6381
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 182.33076 9913.80077
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 638.15877 1067346.976
Amphora montana Krasske 182.33076 39207.27948
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 8843.06283 832344.6017
Caloneis spp. 182.33076 1367663.045
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 2005.64278 1383984.561
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 911.65527 996198.2071
Craticula cuspidata (Kützing) Mann 182.33076 1033919.991
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 2461.47078 206459.6131
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 1640.98052 1417985.91
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 182.33076 57227.71833
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 638.15877 249303.7956
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 546.99302 118953.9966
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 455.82727 284186.6852
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 364.66226 10226.73825
Melosira varians Agardh 182.33076 925228.3426
Navicula canalis Patrick 364.66226 121283.574
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 546.99302 316021.0459
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 546.99302 144521.3515
Navicula difficillima Hustedt 546.99302 12071.36108
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 3190.79529 1398362.055
Navicula exilis Kützing 911.65527 324703.867
Navicula germainii Wallace 1367.48328 902624.9022
Navicula gregaria Donkin 3464.29254 966341.3597
Navicula ingenua Hustedt 182.33076 7899.11716
Navicula meniscus Schumann 546.99302 914808.59
Navicula minima Grunow 4467.11429 179062.7122
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 1367.48328 178503.9689
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 1458.64903 106219.3429
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 1823.31128 2087684.691
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 364.66226 60315.86886
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 638.15877 695850.3026
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 729.32451 185412.7215
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 2096.80852 103257.6489
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 3281.96104 182564.9665
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1549.81477 469336.1868
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 3920.12054 668389.8998
Nitzschia thermalis Kützing 182.33076 30018.01661
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 364.66226 103236.2516
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 182.33076 30138.04495
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 729.32451 371842.0867
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 364.66226 27001.3089
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 2005.64278 112508.4603
Surirella minuta Brébisson 546.99302 467477.2133
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 182.33076 162597.4708
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 546.99302 1335032.839
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 182.33076 161191.0558
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 364.66226 315484.5805
Cyanophyta
Cyanosarcina burmensis (Skuja) Kovácik 4396.46096 1066207.409
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek 7327.43494 28716.98656
Jaaginema subtilissima (Kützing) Anagnostidis & Komárek 6594.69145 164867.2862
Oscillatoria angustissima West & West 110644.2676 13064439.54
Oscillatoria fremyii De Toni 78403.55387 109510.8398
Phormidium schultzii 8060.17843 60187.41923
Phormidium terebriforme 12456.6394 879799.6505
Unknown Cyanophyte filamentous small sp. 0A NAWQA EDJ 37369.9182 42780.77094
Euglenophyta
Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenberg 732.74349 1076997.543
Reach A
9/2/1997
Chlorophyta
Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck 532.45197 105635.9241
Chrysophyta
Amphora montana Krasske 297.89889 64058.33563
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 2333.54319 219642.4601
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 99.29963 42677.76808
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 893.69721 976574.7899
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 49.64955 8934.32761
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 5411.83494 453925.9035
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 645.44787 557737.2608
Cyclotella nana Hustedt 1439.84598 32711.19036
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 99.29963 605549.8234
Diatoma vulgaris Bory 49.64955 181490.0173
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 49.64955 10192.08124
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 99.29963 108157.2312
Gomphonema insigne Gregory 99.29963 214134.3084
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 297.89889 116377.5045
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 297.89889 185725.8312
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 297.89889 8354.39903
Melosira lineata Agardh 99.29963 101487.5999
Melosira varians Agardh 446.84861 2267510.924
Navicula canalis Patrick 198.59926 66052.43022
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 496.49815 286848.0232
Navicula difficillima Hustedt 99.29963 2191.40219
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 1042.64692 456938.7126
Navicula germainii Wallace 992.99684 655440.3192
Navicula gregaria Donkin 1241.24618 346237.3668
Navicula minima Grunow 1588.79516 63686.29763
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 595.79832 77772.3326
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 297.89889 21693.10372
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 397.19852 454790.8439
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 198.59926 32848.71635
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 496.49815 541383.1315
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 496.49815 92514.44078
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 1390.1959 68460.40451
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 2234.24356 124283.8033
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 99.29963 295459.9185
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 496.49815 150356.3874
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 1737.74487 296289.6443
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 397.19852 112447.3015
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 99.29963 50627.36998
Sellaphora laevissima (Kützing) Mann 99.29963 110468.3654
Sellaphora mutata (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot 248.24881 57093.51754
Sellaphora pupula var. capitata Skvortzvow et Mayer 99.29963 38808.57979
Sellaphora pupula var. elliptica (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova 49.64955 21371.82372
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1737.74487 97480.4696
Surirella minuta Brébisson 297.89889 254593.641
Synedra parasitica (Smith) Hustedt 49.64955 16462.77966
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 297.89889 265657.8956
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 297.89889 727074.7356
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 99.29963 218830.625
Cyanophyta
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek 74543.27633 292142.9234
Oscillatoria fremyii De Toni 97438.71121 136098.3599
Phormidium chlorinum 29284.85856 2069074.346


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Introduction

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