Draft Baseline Report - Pallid Sturgeon Section

• Description: Prepared for Platte River Cooperative Agreement ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program [PRRIP])‎
• State: CO
• State: WY
• State: NE
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/2002
• Title: Draft Baseline Report, Pallid Sturgeon Section
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Reade (2000) reported mean temperatures of four sites along the lower Platte River by
date for 1998 and 1999 and were recorded as follows:
Lower Platte River Water Temperature ('Q
Date I Mean
11 May 1999
16.9
8 June 1999
26.4
23 June 1999
24.9
20 July 1999
29.7
3 August 1999
23.8
14 May 1998
22.0
28 May 1998
21.6
11 June 1998
21.8
23 June 1998
25.9
7 July 1998
28.4
22 July1998
27.3
3 August 1998
25.5
Dissolved Oxygen
In 2000 the mean dissolved oxygen level at Leshara was 11.3 mg /L with a minimum of
8.3 and a maximum of 16.2 mg/L; and at Louisville the mean dissolved oxygen level was
11.0 mg /L with a minimum of 6.6 and a maximum of 17.1 mg/L (Peters et al. 2001).
Reade (2000) reported mean dissolved oxygen levels at four sites along the lower Platte
River by date for 1998 and 1999; these were recorded as follows:
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