LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 88°19'29" (NAD of 1927), in NE¼ NE¼ sec.33, T.39N., R.8E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 164 feet downstream of first low-head dam upstream of Hwy 31. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 31.00 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, w ater 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 341 feet upstream of the First low-head dam upstream of Highway 31 and continues upstream 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 7/10/2000 | |||
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 787.72563 | 42830.70443 | |
| Amphora inariensis Krammer | 1575.45126 | 244012.3196 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 107918.4479 | 10767015.99 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 787.72563 | 2529436.933 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 5514.08104 | 4017292.225 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 7877.25874 | 5409045.763 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 7089.53311 | 7940320.807 | |
| Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 787.72563 | 88417.14588 | |
| Encyonema prostratum (Berkeley) Kützing | 2363.1777 | 16776469.94 | |
| Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg emend Van Heurck | 787.72563 | 715209.5489 | |
| Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston | 3150.90333 | 519055.0473 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 3150.90333 | 1049667.745 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 1969.31448 | 9937709.401 | |
| Navicula capitatoradiata Germain | 787.72563 | 451423.3244 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 5514.08104 | 1426028.226 | |
| Navicula ingenua Hustedt | 1575.45126 | 68253.2886 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 8664.98437 | 345706.0797 | |
| Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot | 787.72563 | 102677.9268 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 787.72563 | 55025.84945 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 787.72563 | 39906.20231 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 6301.80667 | 5885490.011 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 393.86241 | 62154.71468 | |
| Nitzschia agnita Hustedt | 393.86241 | 37832.24026 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 3938.62897 | 1002962.172 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 4726.35541 | 235234.6754 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 3150.90333 | 426452.8774 | |
| Pleurosira laevis (Ehrenberg) Compère | 2363.1777 | 258418041.4 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 4726.35541 | 793074.6213 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 37416.98003 | 19020940.42 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 10240.43644 | 753200.808 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Oscillatoria sp. 1? | 6474.45946 | 161861.4865 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 67981.82433 | 136059129.6 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |