LOCATION.-- Lat 42°32'27", long 88°13'40" (NAD of 1927), in SE¼ SE¼ sec.15, T.1N., R.19E., Kenosha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, 39 feet upstream of bridge at Bassett Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 5.09 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 39 feet upstream of Bassett 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 7/18/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Coelastrum microporum Nägeli | 7978.24683 | 700086.6171 | |
| Kirchneriella obesa (W. West) Schmidle | 15956.49365 | 2296405.378 | |
| Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat | 3002.83023 | 333113.4542 | |
| Scenedesmus opoliensis Richter | 9008.49069 | 827188.3919 | |
| Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson | 12011.32091 | 418135.7719 | |
| Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat | 11967.37024 | 197376.2682 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthes conspicua Mayer | 3310.10759 | 250121.4357 | |
| Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki | 7282.23791 | 512796.1969 | |
| Achnanthidium exiguum (Grunow) Czarnecki | 1324.04319 | 142621.43 | |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 3310.10759 | 179979.214 | |
| Achnanthidium saprophila (Kobayasi et Mayama) Round et Bukhtiyarova | 967.36243 | 54139.40252 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 14895.4868 | 1486121.675 | |
| Aulacoseira ambigua (Grunow) Simonsen | 662.02122 | 223946.4594 | |
| Cocconeis neothumensis Krammer | 967.36243 | 200143.5681 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 1986.06441 | 1446950.279 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 3310.10759 | 2272938.347 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 1324.04319 | 1482936.536 | |
| Cyclotella atomus Hustedt | 11585.37845 | 963782.5483 | |
| Cyclotella bodanica Grunow | 662.02122 | 795177.2476 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 55609.81763 | 47410467.57 | |
| Cyclotella pseudostelligera Hustedt | 3310.10759 | 286040.5131 | |
| Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck | 662.02122 | 160459.9923 | |
| Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brébisson) Grunow | 662.02122 | 226612.3314 | |
| Encyonopsis microcephala (Grunow) Krammer | 662.02122 | 41050.10247 | |
| Fallacia monoculata (Hustedt) Mann | 967.36243 | 264938.5146 | |
| Fragilaria capucina var. mesolepta Rabenhorst | 967.36243 | 333508.3498 | |
| Fragilaria tenera (Smith) Lange-Bertalot | 2648.08638 | 723217.5002 | |
| Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen | 967.36243 | 212130.0114 | |
| Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst | 2648.08638 | 835696.496 | |
| Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston | 3310.10759 | 545281.1056 | |
| Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing | 662.02122 | 258625.9273 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 662.02122 | 167663.0938 | |
| Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow | 967.36243 | 1020111.281 | |
| Luticola goeppertiana (Bleisch) Mann | 967.36243 | 756971.9216 | |
| Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 662.02122 | 18565.99524 | |
| Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 2648.08638 | 107625.7963 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 662.02122 | 3340743.464 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 6951.22692 | 1797696.793 | |
| Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot | 967.36243 | 493059.9515 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 3869.44971 | 1042234.867 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 15226.49703 | 607490.1433 | |
| Navicula pseudoventralis Hustedt | 967.36243 | 156969.531 | |
| Navicula rostellata Kützing | 967.36243 | 837276.1238 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 2902.08728 | 202722.6379 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 967.36243 | 49006.6074 | |
| Navicula tenelloides Hustedt | 662.02122 | 109499.6378 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 1986.06441 | 1854858.906 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 9268.30231 | 1462614.024 | |
| Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith | 3972.12956 | 731690.4898 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 1324.04319 | 245626.9242 | |
| Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt | 1324.04319 | 496335.5139 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 1986.06441 | 98848.09242 | |
| Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith | 1324.04319 | 385899.6614 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 1986.06441 | 319360.5225 | |
| Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo | 967.36243 | 93872.60322 | |
| Nitzschia tropica Hustedt | 662.02122 | 141002.0542 | |
| Planothidium delicatulum (Kützing) Round et Bukhtiyarova | 662.02122 | 135876.1262 | |
| Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot | 662.02122 | 52961.84346 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 11254.36747 | 1523200.455 | |
| Planothidium rostratum (Østrup) Lange-Bertalot | 662.02122 | 56137.88307 | |
| Puncticulata comta (Ehrenberg) Håkansson | 662.02122 | 331010.6092 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 6620.21594 | 3365390.068 | |
| Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky | 967.36243 | 528037.4564 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 662.02122 | 48692.74072 | |
| Stauroneis smithii Grunow | 662.02122 | 227435.5815 | |
| Stephanodiscus tenuis Hustedt | 1986.06441 | 904393.6939 | |
| Surirella angusta Kützing | 967.36243 | 1060899.888 | |
| Surirella minuta Brébisson | 967.36243 | 801714.5856 | |
| Synedra acus Kützing | 967.36243 | 1373764.624 | |
| Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs | 967.36243 | 8339631.488 | |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal | 1986.06441 | 89395.79975 | |
| Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle | 1986.06441 | 1859231.376 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Homoeothrix janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach | 160651.4172 | 1248551.617 | |
| Lyngbya sp. 1? | 41885.79583 | 1047144.896 | |
| Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann | 12011.32091 | 14214.89475 | |
| Oscillatoria sp. 1? | 319050.7118 | 7976267.795 | |
| Phormidium minnesotense (Tilden) Drouet | 45874.91925 | 537303.9442 | |
| Planktothrix prolifica (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek | 31529.7174 | 6063143.94 | |
| Euglenophyta | |||
| Phacus orbicularis Hübner | 1501.41511 | 2252122.671 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 5983.68512 | 11975774.36 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |