LOCATION.-- Lat 41°42'40", long 88°07'41" (NAD of 1927), in SE¼ SW¼ SE¼ sec.5, T.37N., R.10E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 73 feet downstream of Naperville Road Bridge. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 80.40 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 105 feet downstream of Naperville Road and continues downstream 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 7/14/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat | 5985.54198 | 78558.78872 | |
| Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson | 8978.31297 | 312551.2882 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing | 2952.86688 | 15770634.74 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 64963.08181 | 6481362.123 | |
| Aulacoseira alpigena (Grunow) Krammer | 738.21635 | 48336.49048 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 1476.43269 | 4740918.958 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 5905.73376 | 4302631.418 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 5905.73376 | 4055266.586 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 4429.30107 | 4960844.512 | |
| Cyclotella bodanica Grunow | 1476.43269 | 1773395.853 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 2952.86688 | 2517483.519 | |
| Diadesmis confervacea Kützing | 1476.43269 | 746348.8282 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 4429.30107 | 1121762.112 | |
| Kolbesia ploenensis (Hustedt) Kingston | 10335.03482 | 15430206.99 | |
| Luticola goeppertiana (Bleisch) Mann | 1476.43269 | 1155325.098 | |
| Navicula cryptocephala Kützing | 1476.43269 | 496851.236 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 23622.93802 | 6109263.933 | |
| Navicula germainii Wallace | 4429.30107 | 1961003.551 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 13287.9032 | 3579091.875 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 48722.31173 | 1943869.563 | |
| Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot | 72345.24975 | 36248803.51 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 14764.33589 | 1031349.104 | |
| Navicula symmetrica Patrick | 2952.86688 | 1460567.122 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 738.21635 | 37398.06053 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 7382.16795 | 6894479.311 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 2952.86688 | 3132099.806 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 22146.50533 | 3494899.949 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 1476.43269 | 273897.1237 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 2214.65053 | 563955.3073 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 17717.20427 | 881800.1266 | |
| Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst | 2952.86688 | 1177611.176 | |
| Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith | 4429.30107 | 1290944.131 | |
| Nitzschia recta Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst | 1476.43269 | 2095744.911 | |
| Nitzschia reversa Smith | 1476.43269 | 908186.3483 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 4429.30107 | 599475.1297 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 3691.08322 | 619357.6612 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 47245.87754 | 24017465.37 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 17717.20427 | 1303129.28 | |
| Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot | 7382.16795 | 411344.8845 | |
| Surirella minuta Brébisson | 4429.30107 | 3670842.662 | |
| Tryblionella apiculata Gregory | 1476.43269 | 3603494.123 | |
| Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann | 1476.43269 | 1305252.838 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Oscillatoria limosa (Dillwyn) Agardh | 44891.56486 | 36019990.49 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 53869.87783 | 107815416.3 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |