LOCATION.-- Lat 41°41'10", long 88°20'58" (NAD of 1927), at NW¼ NE¼ SW¼ sec.17, T.37N., R.8E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 1214 feet upstream of Hwy 25 Bridge. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 29.61 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 1214 feet upstream of Highway 25 and continues upstream for 591 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 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Stigeoclonium lubricum (Dillwyn) Kützing | 46701.96058 | 19575098.68 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki | 2255.15689 | 158802.2657 | |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 5637.8935 | 306547.0266 | |
| Amphora inariensis Krammer | 11275.78826 | 1746440.092 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 85695.99355 | 8549883.276 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 1127.57845 | 3620725.868 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 2255.15689 | 1642998.026 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 2255.15689 | 1548539.568 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 11275.78826 | 12628952.39 | |
| Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston | 14094.73501 | 2321855.853 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 7893.05166 | 2629430.627 | |
| Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing | 2255.15689 | 881002.0386 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 10148.20981 | 2624486.934 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 47358.31246 | 1889450.21 | |
| Navicula pseudoventralis Hustedt | 2255.15689 | 365934.1215 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 10148.20981 | 9477787.978 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 1127.57845 | 209180.2053 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 2255.15689 | 574270.1525 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 16349.89317 | 813747.9055 | |
| Planothidium delicatulum (Kützing) Round et Bukhtiyarova | 3382.7366 | 694287.6345 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 3382.7366 | 457829.9 | |
| Psammothidium marginulatum (Grunow) Bukhtiyarova et Round | 2255.15689 | 481256.9699 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 3946.5252 | 662220.4018 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 89642.52001 | 45569819.67 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Chroococcus limneticus Lemmermann | 156514.6787 | 18324243.16 | |
| Homoeothrix janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach | 118648.2242 | 922110.9575 | |
| Lyngbya sp. 1? | 70684.04844 | 1767101.211 | |
| Phormidium granulatum | 32817.59392 | 2713944.389 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 212052.1453 | 424402119.3 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |