LOCATION.-- Lat 42°56'40", long 88°18'58", in NE¼ NE¼ NW¼ sec.36, T.6N., R.18E., Waukesha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, 98 feet upstream of bridge at Saylesville Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.8 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. | |
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 98.43 feet upstream of Saylesville Road and continues upstream 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 7/19/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat | 7266.94269 | 806144.9358 | |
| Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat | 7266.94269 | 119852.733 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthes conspicua Mayer | 1795.50348 | 135673.508 | |
| Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki | 55660.65522 | 3919478.143 | |
| Achnanthidium exilis (Kützing) Round et Bukhtiyarova | 3591.00878 | 611149.9658 | |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 23341.56527 | 1269142 | |
| Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald | 7182.01938 | 12012224.99 | |
| Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing | 1795.50348 | 9589402.694 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 50274.13932 | 5015847.36 | |
| Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen | 1795.50348 | 633182.2944 | |
| Brachysira microcephala (Grunow) Compère | 1795.50348 | 274853.5317 | |
| Cocconeis neothumensis Krammer | 1795.50348 | 371482.7694 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 79002.22049 | 253681137.7 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 14364.03877 | 10464942.55 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 10773.02998 | 7397473.425 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 16159.54407 | 18098789.02 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 5386.51408 | 4592303.341 | |
| Cyclotella michiganiana Skvortzow | 1795.50348 | 270755.5465 | |
| Cymbella affinis Kützing | 5386.51408 | 3178934.349 | |
| Cymbella cuspidata Kützing | 3591.00878 | 6657730.285 | |
| Diadesmis confervacea Kützing | 1795.50348 | 907641.7292 | |
| Fragilaria capucina var. mesolepta Rabenhorst | 68229.19051 | 23522729.52 | |
| Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton | 8977.52468 | 3021426.057 | |
| Fragilaria tenera (Smith) Lange-Bertalot | 3591.00878 | 980738.5514 | |
| Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen | 5386.51408 | 1181192.552 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 5386.51408 | 1794421.945 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 14364.03877 | 3637827.781 | |
| Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski | 5386.51408 | 3208500.002 | |
| Karayevia clevei (Grunow) Kingston | 1795.50348 | 247544.9024 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 5386.51408 | 27181850.4 | |
| Navicula capitatoradiata Germain | 3591.00878 | 2057905.772 | |
| Navicula cryptocephala Kützing | 3591.00878 | 1208451.4 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 12568.53347 | 3250420.762 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 26034.8214 | 1038708.861 | |
| Navicula radiosa Kützing | 1795.50348 | 1993713.659 | |
| Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot | 5386.51408 | 2698928.973 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 3591.00878 | 3353775.74 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 24239.31792 | 25710594.51 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 1795.50348 | 283345.1571 | |
| Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith | 1795.50348 | 330742.6917 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 12568.53347 | 2331623.504 | |
| Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith | 1795.50348 | 523309.3548 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 3591.00878 | 486018.0927 | |
| Pseudostaurosira brevistriata (Grunow) Williams et Round | 12568.53347 | 1788508.295 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 3591.00878 | 602565.3356 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 2693.25613 | 1369118.096 | |
| Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky | 1795.50348 | 980080.5421 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 1795.50348 | 132062.2106 | |
| Staurosira construens (Ehrenberg) Williams et Round | 5386.51408 | 1525020.445 | |
| Tryblionella apiculata Gregory | 1795.50348 | 4382242.61 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher | 285227.5007 | 20862812.89 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |