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Desoto Bend IA 06-WEM-1716

Harrison County S21T78NR45W 5 mi. W of Missouri Valley.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 06-WEM-00340-L_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Monitored in 1992 by ISU as part of the Clean Lakes Classification study (1994).

Basis for Assessment

Used assessments of support of the Class A (primary contact) uses (=FST) and the Class B(LW) aquatic life uses (=FST) developed for the 1994 report.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
340 Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)
120 Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals
222 Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A