Clean Lakes Program: Spectacle - Porter County

 

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Spectacle

  

Porter County

1995

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 1995-07-31
Year
Max Depth
(m)
Secchi
(m)
Light 3'
(%)
1% Light Level
(ft)
DO @5'
(%)
pH
Epi
pH
Hypo
Cond
Epi
Cond
Hypo
Alk
Epi
Alk
Hypo
SRP
Epi
SRP
Hypo
TP
Epi
TP
Hypo
Chl-a
(ug/L)
NO3
Epi
NO3
Hypo
NH3
Epi
NH3
Hypo
TKN
Epi
TKN
Hypo
1995
1.5
1.4
34
5
27.6
7.3
370
122
0.01
0.084
16.29
0.022
0.018
0.846
Depth (m)
 0 
 1 
1.5
 2 
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
Temp (oC)
31.2
28
27
DO (mg/L)
6.35
3.8
2.2
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 100
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 7
  
          Carlson TSI: 60
                    Indiana TSI: 24
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 4991   Greens (#/L): 468   Diatoms (#/L): 468   Other Algae (#/L): 62703   Rotifers (#/L): 468   Zooplankton (#/L): 318.5
 
 

2001

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 2001-08-16
Year
Max Depth
(m)
Secchi
(m)
Light 3'
(%)
1% Light Level
(ft)
DO @5'
(%)
pH
Epi
pH
Hypo
Cond
Epi
Cond
Hypo
Alk
Epi
Alk
Hypo
SRP
Epi
SRP
Hypo
TP
Epi
TP
Hypo
Chl-a
(ug/L)
NO3
Epi
NO3
Hypo
NH3
Epi
NH3
Hypo
TKN
Epi
TKN
Hypo
2001
1.5
0.7
2
3.5
48
7.45
600
115
0.01
0.139
3.94
0.032
0.018
1.393
Depth (m)
 0 
 1 
1.5
 2 
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
Temp (oC)
23.6
23.7
23.7
DO (mg/L)
4.4
4.2
4
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 100
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 28
  
          Carlson TSI: 61
                    Indiana TSI: 21
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 10799   Greens (#/L): 1888   Diatoms (#/L): 9651   Other Algae (#/L): 13902   Rotifers (#/L): 2362   Zooplankton (#/L): 122.9
 
 

 

In 2011 CLP changed plankton sampling methods, thus the Indiana TSI is no longer calculated.
Epi
 Epilimnion
Alk
 Alkalinity (mg CaCO3/L)
DO
 Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)
NH3
 Ammonia (mg-N/L)
SRP
 Soluable Reactive Phosphorus (mg-P/L)
Hypo
 Hypolimnion
Chl-a
 Chlorophyll-a (ug/L)
Light 3'
 Percent light penetration at 3ft
NO3
 Nitrate (mg-N/L)
TP
 Total Phosphorus (mg-P/L)
   
Cond
 Conductivity
1% Light Level
 Depth of the 1% light level (ft)
TKN
 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (mg-N/L)
Temp
 Temperature (oC)