LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'25", long 88°20'18" (NAD of 1927), in NE¼ NW¼ NW¼ sec.9, T.41N., R.8E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, 23 feet upstream of bridge at Randall Road - Frontage Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 31.4 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 23 feet upstream of Randall Road -- Frontage 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 7/15/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Cladophora sp. | 5128.21595 | 435898.3561 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki | 1692.25315 | 119164.0521 | |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 1692.25315 | 92012.23296 | |
| Amphora inariensis Krammer | 13538.032 | 2096825.633 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 240300.08 | 23974722.15 | |
| Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve | 1692.25315 | 727309.7256 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 1692.25315 | 5433932.116 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 3384.508 | 2465788.512 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 3384.508 | 2324026.576 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 10153.524 | 11372009.5 | |
| Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston | 8461.26914 | 1393842.968 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 8461.26914 | 42697920.86 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 4230.63457 | 1094108.751 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 8461.26914 | 2279039.755 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 83766.57684 | 3342027.366 | |
| Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot | 4230.63457 | 551451.8885 | |
| Navicula rostellata Kützing | 1692.25315 | 1464686.981 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 1692.25315 | 85729.59125 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 7615.14257 | 7112062.921 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 1692.25315 | 267051.408 | |
| Navicula viridulacalcis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 1692.25315 | 2301365.44 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 4230.63457 | 784836.7538 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 49075.36856 | 2442522.283 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 1692.25315 | 229034.7074 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 1692.25315 | 283957.2794 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 32152.82685 | 16344905.54 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 5922.88772 | 435638.055 | |
| Tryblionella victoriae Grunow | 1692.25315 | 1464039.023 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Chroococcus limneticus Lemmermann | 20512.86382 | 2401581.165 | |
| Lyngbya sp. 1? | 99145.50846 | 2478637.711 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 129914.8042 | 260012074.5 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |