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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05583900       SUGAR CREEK NEAR RAY, IL.

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°11'45", long 90°27'16" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4 SE1/4 sec.36, T.3 N., R.1 W., Schuyler County, Hydrologic unit 07130003. At bridge on US Highway 24, 1.3 miles southeast of Ray.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 118 mi2

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Discharge measurements,Water year 1981.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 1981.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 1997.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.

 

REMARKS.-- Station established as a low-flow water-quality sampling site in August 1997 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA), Lower Illinois River Basin synoptic study.

 

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 20 meters downstream from the US Route 24 bridge and continues downstream for 72 meters.

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
8/6/1997
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 5106.11353 221291.5716
Desmococcus sp. 0B UL NAWQA EJ 61273.36239 16824167.52
Gongrosira sp. 0A UL NAWQA EJ 10212.22707 2672199.415
Pithophora sp. 0A UL NAWQA EJ 71485.58946 56116187.72
Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat 20424.45413 336857.8439
Tetrastrum glabrum (Roll) Ahlstrom & Tiffany 20424.45413 474021.8452
Chrysophyta
Achnanthes minutissima var. jackii (Rabhenhost) Lange-Bertalot et Ruppel 4071.96215 396639.461
Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki 22395.79691 3931765.213
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 4071.96215 221403.2402
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 1017.99054 1702631.351
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 7125.93376 670721.5143
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 7125.93376 22709157.62
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 2035.98107 1404919.363
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt 1017.99054 335017.9732
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 4071.96215 732740.6674
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 9161.91483 768469.5695
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 3053.97161 2638964.118
Cyclotella nana Hustedt 2035.98107 46254.506
Diploneis puella (Schumann) Cleve 1017.99054 296922.9954
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 3053.97161 626920.6317
Gomphonema insigne Gregory 3053.97161 6585725.375
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 11197.8959 3730381.065
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 2035.98107 442762.6635
Gomphosphenia grovei (Schmid) Lange-Bertalot 2035.98107 2184711.544
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 508.99272 317332.8183
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 1526.98325 42823.34614
Navicula canalis Patrick 3053.97161 1015725.058
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 8143.92429 4705090.169
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 1017.99054 344493.8515
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 3562.96433 941372.9288
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 7634.93158 3345999.235
Navicula germainii Wallace 1017.99054 671937.729
Navicula gregaria Donkin 3053.97161 851885.0668
Navicula meniscus Schumann 2035.98107 3405039.758
Navicula minima Grunow 61079.45773 2448348.677
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 3053.97161 398649.1549
Navicula rostellata Kützing 1017.99054 902338.4795
Navicula sp. 0Y UL NAWQA KM 3562.96433 171587.8404
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 6107.94322 444782.606
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 3562.96433 4079581.007
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 1017.99054 168377.6772
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 2544.97379 2376845.022
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 1017.99054 1110020.047
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 20359.81584 3793724.026
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 4071.96215 1035195.678
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 14251.87262 701835.5951
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 16796.84641 934354.6932
Nitzschia microcephala Grunow 3053.97161 331618.6462
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 2035.98107 616563.7403
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 13742.8748 2343192.924
Ochromonas sp. 0B UL NAWQA EJ 5106.11353 769593.4316
Placoneis elginensis (Gregory) Cox 1017.99054 893870.7827
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2035.98107 576388.2895
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 13742.8748 7006729.037
Rossithidium pusillum (Grunow) Round et Bukhtiyarova 3562.96433 313978.9082
Sellaphora mutata (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot 1526.98325 351183.334
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 2035.98107 1144656.489
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 15269.86316 856577.6576
Surirella minuta Brébisson 4071.96214 3232467.788
Cyanophyta
Aphanocapsa sp. 142971.1789 392963.6767
Gloeocapsa aeruginosa Kützing 20424.45413 336697.1263
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek 408489.0826 1600911.586
Jaaginema subtilissima (Kützing) Anagnostidis & Komárek 229775.109 5744377.724
Leptolyngbya ochracea (Thuret) Anagnostidis & Komárek 403382.9691 238247.6107
Lyngbya martensiana var. minor Gardner 255305.6766 7515560.856
Oscillatoria raoi De Toni 40848.90826 3185261.703
Pseudanabaena amphigranulata (Van Goor) Anagnostidis 265517.9037 1646809.695
Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau 5106.11353 736970.3304


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data