LOCATION.-- Lat 41°27'24", long 87°33'00" (NAD of 1927), at NW¼ NE¼ NW¼ sec.7, T34N, R10W, Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 85 feet upstream from bridge at Old Post Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 32.8 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. | |
FISH: Water year 2001. | |
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 at 85 feet upstream of Old Post Road and continues downstream for 591 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 7/12/2000 | |||
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 368.27537 | 20024.09572 | |
| Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald | 147.31015 | 246382.3248 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 1988.68699 | 198411.1615 | |
| Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen | 147.31015 | 51948.7586 | |
| Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve | 147.31015 | 63312.10143 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 589.24059 | 429292.1379 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 736.55074 | 505764.3491 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 883.86088 | 989929.6408 | |
| Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 147.31015 | 16534.61848 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 589.24059 | 502360.4289 | |
| Diploneis parma Cleve | 294.62029 | 2209946.829 | |
| Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann | 294.62029 | 45808.54528 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 147.31015 | 37307.6789 | |
| Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve | 294.62029 | 431700.2508 | |
| Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow | 147.31015 | 155342.7534 | |
| Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski | 147.31015 | 87745.91516 | |
| Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 294.62029 | 11974.21054 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 1325.79133 | 6690312.306 | |
| Navicula capitatoradiata Germain | 294.62029 | 168838.5747 | |
| Navicula cryptocephala Kützing | 294.62029 | 99146.04189 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 589.24059 | 152386.8993 | |
| Navicula germainii Wallace | 147.31015 | 65219.2564 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 4787.57979 | 1289532.867 | |
| Navicula ingenua Hustedt | 147.31015 | 6381.91878 | |
| Navicula integra (Smith) Ralfs | 147.31015 | 60654.95313 | |
| Navicula longicephala Hustedt | 147.31015 | 9860.45022 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 1325.79133 | 52894.97384 | |
| Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot | 4713.92471 | 2361926.059 | |
| Navicula rostellata Kützing | 294.62029 | 255001.1569 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 294.62029 | 20580.42969 | |
| Navicula symmetrica Patrick | 294.62029 | 145727.0961 | |
| Navicula tenelloides Hustedt | 147.31015 | 24365.39391 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 1915.03191 | 1788519.038 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 294.62029 | 312503.1386 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 147.31015 | 27327.914 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 736.55074 | 187560.8321 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 1473.10147 | 73317.49668 | |
| Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow | 147.31015 | 4911.31762 | |
| Nitzschia levidensis var. salinarum Grunow | 147.31015 | 1725591.065 | |
| Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith | 147.31015 | 438312.2447 | |
| Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith | 1915.03191 | 558146.5727 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 441.93044 | 71062.71899 | |
| Nitzschia solita Hustedt | 147.31015 | 39297.59468 | |
| Nitzschia sublinearis Hustedt | 147.31015 | 385605.8182 | |
| Nitzschia tropica Hustedt | 147.31015 | 31375.1777 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 4566.61456 | 618059.5578 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 5524.13052 | 2808194.501 | |
| Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot | 147.31015 | 8208.33066 | |
| Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grunow | 147.31015 | 46936.61243 | |
| Surirella bifrons Ehrenberg | 441.93044 | 472792654.1 | |
| Surirella brebissonii var. kuetzingii Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 147.31015 | 150655.1239 | |
| Surirella minuta Brébisson | 1325.79133 | 1098767.342 | |
| Surirella ovata var. salina Smith | 147.31015 | 107984.2011 | |
| Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing | 147.31015 | 3707089.105 | |
| Synedra acus Kützing | 147.31015 | 209197.1563 | |
| Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs | 147.31015 | 1269960.779 | |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal | 147.31015 | 6630.65527 | |
| Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle | 147.31015 | 137902.7019 | |
| Tryblionella apiculata Gregory | 147.31015 | 359536.3697 | |
| Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann | 441.93044 | 973900.0431 | |
| Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann | 147.31015 | 130230.7846 | |
| Tryblionella victoriae Grunow | 147.31015 | 127444.1738 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Lyngbya sp. 1? | 1381.03263 | 34525.81576 | |
| Phormidium granulatum | 6444.81894 | 532972.6563 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 32837.88699 | 65721895.01 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |