LOCATION.-- Lat 42°34'42", long 88°02'56" (NAD of 1927), in SW¼ NW¼ sec.5 T.39N. R.21E., Kenosha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 66 feet downstream of Hwy 45 Bridge. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 25.5 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 | |
ALGAE: Water year 2000. | |
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000. | |
HABITAT: Water year 2000-01. | |
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 feet downstream of Highway 45 and continues downstream for 492 feet. | |
| 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 | |||
| Taxon | Cells (number/cm2) | Biovolume (biovolume/cm2) | |
| Reach A 7/18/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Cladophora sp. | 7324.35134 | 622569.8642 | |
| Cosmarium granatum Brébisson ex Ralfs | 2441.45045 | 207523.2881 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthes conspicua Mayer | 2319.37793 | 175258.9969 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 182071.1672 | 18165227.6 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 2319.37793 | 7447669.537 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 9277.5117 | 6759145.428 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 6958.13378 | 4777913.9 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 6958.13378 | 7793152.744 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 2319.37793 | 772659.7542 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 13916.26755 | 70225362.23 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 42908.49162 | 11096811.92 | |
| Navicula germainii Wallace | 2319.37793 | 1026868.185 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 11596.88963 | 3123617.987 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 100892.9398 | 4025316.283 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 16235.64548 | 1134126.082 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 2319.37793 | 117499.75 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 13916.26755 | 12996916.28 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 2319.37793 | 2460159.381 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 4638.75585 | 732033.6705 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 6958.13378 | 1290822.696 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 2319.37793 | 590623.88 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 133364.2307 | 6637649.697 | |
| Nitzschia microcephala Grunow | 2319.37793 | 251852.0359 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 4638.75585 | 745915.1314 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 6958.13378 | 941735.0695 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 6958.13378 | 1167563.341 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 106691.3846 | 54236618.46 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 2319.37793 | 170594.0306 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Homoeothrix janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach | 385749.1708 | 2997967.645 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 593272.4588 | 1187378173 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |