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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
9/15/1998
Chrysophyta
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 676.78189 1131945.75
Amphora inariensis Krammer 2030.34699 294364.3967
Amphora montana Krasske 6767.82419 1455311.089
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 7782.99835 761544.8296
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 1353.56444 934020.9019
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 676.78189 56766.10973
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 12520.47555 10810457.67
Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brébisson) Grunow 676.78189 283421.3799
Diploneis puella (Schumann) Cleve 676.78189 197400.7571
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 338.39094 368575.6623
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 676.78189 225457.9212
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 676.78189 264392.3441
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 3383.9121 4958367.521
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 1353.56444 806256.4113
Mayamaea agrestis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 676.78189 42986.5056
Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 676.78189 5076540.957
Melosira varians Agardh 1353.56444 6868595.127
Navicula canalis Patrick 3383.9121 1125460.469
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 16242.77859 10173591.11
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 2030.34699 687081.0959
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 676.78189 178812.9492
Navicula exilis Kützing 5075.86814 1807869.773
Navicula germainii Wallace 6091.04164 2766273.057
Navicula gregaria Donkin 5414.25909 1488107.649
Navicula menisculus Schumann 676.78189 237079.6536
Navicula minima Grunow 2030.34699 81453.48085
Navicula phyllepta Kützing 676.78189 198973.8757
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 338.39094 44171.7463
Navicula rostellata Kützing 2707.12954 2399577.48
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 676.78189 48691.88521
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 6767.82419 3332647.857
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 57188.11798 9459029.662
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 2030.34699 2213896.672
Nitzschia bita Hohn et Hellerman 676.78189 180719.7484
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 676.78189 172055.0587
Nitzschia dissipata var. media (Hantzsch) Grunow 676.78189 166318.1208
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 16242.77859 796927.8922
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 2030.34699 6041172.075
Nitzschia microcephala Grunow 676.78189 73489.05861
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1353.56444 404422.7344
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 2707.12954 461164.7419
Nitzschia siliqua Archibald 676.78189 23920.00993
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 676.78189 154866.7478
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 3383.9121 450406.6527
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 15227.60509 854207.126
Synedra parasitica (Smith) Hustedt 338.39094 29493.31851
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 2368.7386 2112374.782
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 676.78189 598314.769
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 1353.56444 1171025.244
Cyanophyta
Anabaena sp. 1 MSU NAWQA KMM 1998 39749.9832 1605252.987
Anabaena sp. 2 MSU NAWQA KMM 1998 15237.49356 380937.339
Leptolyngbya fragilis (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 13249.9944 27380.84843
Leptolyngbya tenuis (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 39749.9832 400706.0657
Lyngbya sp. 3? 13912.49412 983416.1942
Lyngbya sp. 4? 3974.99832 99374.958
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
9/15/1998
Chlorophyta
Closterium moniliferum Ehrenberg 227.21849 20527193.13
Scenedesmus quadricauda var. longispina fo. granulatus Uherkovich 908.87396 77254.2866
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki 914.89298 64424.37578
Achnanthidium pyrenaicum (Hustedt) Kobayasi 457.44649 62296.82875
Amphora inariensis Krammer 228.72313 33160.80774
Amphora montana Krasske 1029.25454 221324.5355
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 10978.71573 1074236.923
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1257.97767 948564.7149
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 686.16962 473488.183
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 228.72313 259164.605
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 228.72313 26731.8763
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 1143.61611 95922.53952
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 4460.10332 3850952.622
Diploneis puella (Schumann) Cleve 2058.50909 600416.8534
Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 686.16962 178352.714
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 228.72313 89353.22499
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 457.44649 670285.6787
Mayamaea agrestis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 457.44649 29055.18956
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 228.72313 6414.40523
Melosira varians Agardh 228.72313 1160644.096
Navicula canalis Patrick 457.44649 152142.8234
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 1486.70103 857263.0495
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1029.25454 644668.9392
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1829.78596 483448.8464
Navicula exilis Kützing 2401.59401 855374.7059
Navicula germainii Wallace 1372.33947 623253.94
Navicula gregaria Donkin 1601.0626 440051.6233
Navicula minima Grunow 5374.9963 215634.1553
Navicula phyllepta Kützing 457.44649 134489.2681
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 457.44649 59712.62204
Navicula rostellata Kützing 228.72313 202738.3115
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 2515.95558 181013.4434
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 1601.0626 788403.7311
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 2287.23245 378312.8446
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 1601.0626 160672.3317
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 457.44649 84970.77243
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 5260.63451 258105.2465
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 228.72313 7900.45372
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 457.44649 1361103.779
Nitzschia microcephala Grunow 228.72313 24836.13666
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 914.89298 273354.9358
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 228.72313 38963.42663
Nitzschia recta Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 228.72313 324664.5372
Nitzschia siliqua Archibald 228.72313 8083.93313
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 686.16962 183047.9188
Nitzschia wuellerstorffii Lange-Bertalot 343.0847 10495738.2
Placoneis elginensis (Gregory) Cox 228.72313 200835.7788
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 228.72313 17240.6006
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 228.72313 30443.5861
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 228.72313 37806.38951
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 228.72313 116613.2276
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 228.72313 16935.73554
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 4574.46489 256608.9995
Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing 228.72313 5755862.979
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 914.89298 815875.9517
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 2058.50909 1780902.362
Cyanophyta
Aphanocapsa grevillei Rabenhorst 908.87396 43343.06306
Phormidium puteale 12724.23544 318105.886


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