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Roanoke River Basin Report NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Division of Water Quality Water Quality Section Environmental Sciences Branch May 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................... 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES BY PROGRAM AREA ................................................................. 18 Benthic Macroinvertebrates........................................................................................ 18 Bioclassifications and water quality changes ................................................ 18 New species and distributional records for the benthic invertebrate fauna.............................................................................................................. 19 Fisheries ..................................................................................................................... 20 Fish Community Structure............................................................................. 20 Fish Kills ........................................................................................................ 20 Fish Tissue .................................................................................................... 21 Lake Assessment ....................................................................................................... 22 Ambient Monitoring System........................................................................................ 23 Aquatic Toxicity Monitoring......................................................................................... 24 INTRODUCTIONS TO PROGRAM METHODS................................................................................... 25 Benthic Macroinvertebrates..................................................................................................... 25 Fisheries .................................................................................................................................. 25 Fish Tissue ................................................................................................................. 25 Fish Kills ..................................................................................................................... 25 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 26 Ambient Monitoring System..................................................................................................... 26 Aquatic Toxicity Monitoring...................................................................................................... 27 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 01........................................................................................................ 28 Description............................................................................................................................... 28 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................29 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 30 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 32 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 02........................................................................................................ 36 Description............................................................................................................................... 36 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................37 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 37 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 03........................................................................................................ 39 Description............................................................................................................................... 39 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................40 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 40 Fish Tissue .............................................................................................................................. 41 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 04........................................................................................................ 42 Description............................................................................................................................... 42 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................43 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 43 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 44 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 05........................................................................................................ 46 Description............................................................................................................................... 46 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................47 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 48 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 48 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 06........................................................................................................ 55 Description............................................................................................................................... 55 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................56 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 57 Fish Tissue .............................................................................................................................. 57 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 58 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 07........................................................................................................ 60 Description............................................................................................................................... 60 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................60 NCDENR, Division of Water Quality BASINWIDE ASSESSMENT REPORT - ROANOKE RIVER BASIN – MAY 2000 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page River and Stream Assessment............................................................................................................. 61 Fish Tissue .............................................................................................................................. 61 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 62 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 08........................................................................................................ 66 Description............................................................................................................................... 66 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................67 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 68 Fish Tissue .............................................................................................................................. 69 Lake Assessment .................................................................................................................... 69 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 09........................................................................................................ 71 Description............................................................................................................................... 71 Overview of Water Quality.......................................................................................................72 River and Stream Assessment................................................................................................ 73 Fish Tissue .............................................................................................................................. 75 ROANOKE RIVER SUBBASIN 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