LOCATION.-- Lat 41°34'12", long 88°11'07" (NAD of 1927), at SW¼ NE¼ SE¼ sec.27, T.36N., R.9E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 27 feet downstream of walking bridge from park. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.1 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 27 feet downstream of Park trail and continues downstream for 656 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 7/21/2000 | |||
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthes conspicua Mayer | 3171.72205 | 239664.6184 | |
| Amphora inariensis Krammer | 3171.72205 | 491249.2525 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 115239.2342 | 11497410.32 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 1057.24029 | 3394865.585 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 4228.96234 | 3081017.023 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 3171.72205 | 2177913.7 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 11629.64674 | 13025276.07 | |
| Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst | 3171.72205 | 1000948.092 | |
| Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston | 9515.16616 | 1567453.678 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 1057.24029 | 352200.9127 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 1057.24029 | 267756.0371 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 5286.20263 | 1367095.28 | |
| Navicula ingenua Hustedt | 4757.58308 | 206112.8127 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 40175.14521 | 1602864.051 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 2114.48058 | 1974791.513 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 3171.72205 | 588394.9552 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 38060.66463 | 1894311.223 | |
| Nitzschia valdestriata Aleem et Hustedt | 1057.24029 | 82996.28475 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 2114.48058 | 286180.2574 | |
| Pseudostaurosira brevistriata (Grunow) Williams et Round | 5286.20263 | 752229.1507 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 2114.48058 | 354806.3446 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 40175.14521 | 20423055.07 | |
| Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky | 1057.24029 | 577097.536 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 15329.98953 | 1127545.741 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Homoeothrix janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach | 140833.927 | 1094533.931 | |
| Lyngbya major Meneghini | 28403.48107 | 9632188.5 | |
| Phormidium tenue (Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek | 40238.26485 | 6901525.81 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 339658.2944 | 679793641.1 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |