An Ecological Reconnaissance of Quitobaquito Spring, Arizona
Cole GA and Whiteside MC. 1965. An Ecological Reconnaissance of Quitobaquito Spring, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. 3(3):159-163
Quitobaquito Spring list almost exactly on the International Boundary within Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. This paper discusses earlier collections of plankton from the pond, collections of water from one of the seeps, and later investigations. Sections include: physico-chemical features of the waters, the aquatic macrophytes (algae), vertebrate fauna, biota of the ditches, plankton, bottom fauna and swimming insects, and primary productivity. a) An important water hole along the old Camino del Diablo, a trail which ran from Sonoyta, Sonora, to Yuma, Arizona, was Quitobaquito Spring, now a part of OPCNM. The original ditches and impoundment are said to be the work of Papago Indians, but in recent years National Monument personnel have maintained them and have rejuvented the pond by removing much of the emergent aquatic vegetation and dredging the sediments. ; b) Letter to Ranger Victor L. Jackson from Gerald A. Cole, Professor of Biology, Arizona State University - May 28, 1964; c) Letter to Victor L. Jackson from Gerald A. Cole, Professor of Biology, Department of Zoology, Arizona State University - October 1, 1964 ; d) Letter to Gerald A. Cole from Don Tindall, University of Louisville - April 14, 1965
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cole, Gerald; Whiteside, Melbourne
- Units
- ORPI , SODN
- Keywords
- abiotic effects, Administration (program management), Algae, Animals, Aquatic Insects, Botany (Plant Distribution), Chemistry, Desert, Ecological reconnaissance, Ecology, Insects (Insecta), Invertebrates (Invertebrata), Plankton, Plants, Ponds, Productivity, Quitobaquito Springs (ORPI), Springs, Vertebrates, Water Quality, Zoology (Animal Distribution)