Fox River Watershed Investigation - Publication Details
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Methods and Data from the Urban Land-Use-Gradient Study, Des Plaines and Fox River Basins, Illinois, 1999-2001
Adolphson, D.L., T.L. Arnold, F.A. Fitzpatrick, M.A. Harris, K.D. Richards, B.C. Scudder, and J.S. Steward, 2002, Open-File 01-459
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Abstract:
Physical, chemical, and biological data were collected at 46 sites in the Fox and Des Plaines River Basins as part of the upper Illinois River Basin study of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The
data, collected from 1999 to 2001, will be used to determine the effects of urbanization on streams in the Chicago, Illinois, metropolitan area. To examine the possible effects of urbanization on
stream-water quality, the sampling sites were selected to represent a gradient of land use changing from agriculture into urban. Urban land use for the selected sites ranged from less than 1 percent urban to 92 percent urban.
Data-collection methods are presented in
the text portion of this report. Physical characteristics of the stream that were collected include descriptive and qualitative habitat and geomorphic
measures. Water samples were analyzed for nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), 11 major ions, 46 wastewater indicators, pH, and specific
conductance. Aquatic communities were sampled to identify and quantify populations of selected
algae, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish. There were 72 unique fish species collected at all of the sites. The number of benthic macroinvertebrate
taxa collected at all the sites ranged from 15 to 48. The data and the associated data documentation are presented on a CD-ROM included with this
report.
Data Record Period: 1999-2001
Data Record Notes: 1999-2001
Potential Issues: TP>0.0725, TN>2.95 mg-N/L
Screening Criteria: EPA's Recommended Nutrient Criteria for TP and TN
Data Sources: USGS
Features: Biota, River/Stream, Sediment
Parameters: Ammonia, total; Ammonia, un-ionized; Cadmium, Cd; Chromium +3; Chromium +6; Chromium, total; Copper, Cu; DO; Fecal coliform; Hardness; Iron, Fe; Lead, Pb; Manganese, Mn; Mercury, Hg; Nickel, Ni; Nitrate+Nitrite; Nitrate-N; Nitrogen, total; PCBs in Bottom Deposits; PCBs in Whole water sample; PCBs, Fish Tissue; pH; Phosphorus, total; Selenium, Se; Silver, Ag; Temperature; Zinc, Zn
Sites - IEPA Station(USGS Station): (5552450), (5552190), (5551985), (5551939), (5551931), (5551695), (5551548), (5551340), (5551200), (5550290), (5549000), DTG02(5550500), DTK02(5548180), DTK03(5548030), DTZT01()
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