LOCATION.-- Lat 41°25'47", long 88°05'46" (NAD of 1927), in SW¼ SW¼ NW¼ sec.16, T.34N., R.10E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 82 feet upstream of Manhattan Road Bridge. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 43.50 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 82 feet upstream of Manhattan Road and continues upstream for 984 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 7/13/2000 | |||
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki | 806.11542 | 56764.54536 | |
| Amphora montana Krasske | 806.11542 | 173342.0759 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 35469.11076 | 3538750.697 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 3224.46423 | 2349188.378 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 806.11542 | 553532.0556 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 3224.46423 | 3611419.825 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 806.11542 | 687258.3084 | |
| Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst | 806.11542 | 254397.9842 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 1612.23169 | 537086.4878 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 3224.46423 | 16271544.63 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 2418.34796 | 625422.8821 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 806.11542 | 217126.8953 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 16928.43911 | 675392.3689 | |
| Navicula rostellata Kützing | 806.11542 | 697712.8518 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 4030.5805 | 636058.6183 | |
| Nitzschia agnita Hustedt | 806.11542 | 77430.9799 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 1612.23169 | 299089.5732 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 117692.9592 | 5857677.36 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 806.11542 | 129623.9147 | |
| Planothidium delicatulum (Kützing) Round et Bukhtiyarova | 3224.46423 | 661803.1214 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 6448.92931 | 872817.7818 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 32647.70424 | 16596476.7 | |
| Stauroneis obtusa Lagerstedt | 806.11542 | 6046671.8 | |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal | 2418.34796 | 108853.5445 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Chroococcus limneticus Lemmermann | 27009.10462 | 3162140.476 | |
| Chroococcus pallidus (Nägeli) Nägeli | 18568.75943 | 1215322.463 | |
| Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing | 108036.4185 | 2700910.462 | |
| Oscillatoria sp. 1? | 9284.37971 | 232109.4929 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 54018.20925 | 108112287.4 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |