Summary of water quality characteristics at selected habitat sites - Navigation Pool 26 of the Mississippi River, July 17 through October 31, 1988
Dates
Publication Date
1991-01
Summary
Resource Trend Analysis water quality and sediment sampling in Pool 26 of the Upper Mississippi River System was initiated in August 1988 as part of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Water quality sampling from 17 locations began during the first week of August. Over 2000 water quality measurements were made under the Resource Trend Analysis component of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program on Pool 26 during the sampling period, August 1, 1988 through October 31, 1988. The Illinois River had higher conductivity and turbidity and lower transparency than other sites. Velocity and dissolved oxygen were also usually lower in the Illinois River. These differences may effect water quality parameters in the Mississippi River [...]
Summary
Resource Trend Analysis water quality and sediment sampling in
Pool 26 of the Upper Mississippi River System was initiated in
August 1988 as part of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program.
Water quality sampling from 17 locations began during the first
week of August. Over 2000 water quality measurements were made
under the Resource Trend Analysis component of the Long Term
Resource Monitoring Program on Pool 26 during the sampling
period, August 1, 1988 through October 31, 1988. The Illinois
River had higher conductivity and turbidity and lower
transparency than other sites. Velocity and dissolved oxygen
were also usually lower in the Illinois River. These differences
may effect water quality parameters in the Mississippi River
below its confluence with the Illinois River. Water clarity was
very good throughout the study period, indicative of stable flows
and low inputs from the drainage basin.
Report by Western Illinois University,
Macomb, Illinois, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin