Clean Lakes Program: Dale Reservoir - Spencer County

 

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Dale Reservoir

  

Spencer County

1996

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 1996-07-23
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
1996
9.1
0.6
9
5
43.9
9.43
7.17
250
370
60.8
109.7
0.23
1.045
0.331
0.098
9.13
0.022
0.044
0.018
1.389
4.642
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)
28.5
27.2
27
27
25
19
15.1
13.1
11.9
11.5
11.2
DO (mg/L)
8.9
5.6
3.5
3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.15
0.1
0.1
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 60
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 82
  
          Carlson TSI: 69
                    Indiana TSI: 35
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 8210   Greens (#/L): 309   Diatoms (#/L): 687   Other Algae (#/L): 447   Rotifers (#/L): 309   Zooplankton (#/L): 65
 
 

2001

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 2001-08-07
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
9.1
0.9
9
6
33.4
9
7.4
349
333
68
137
0.054
1.136
0.185
1.249
2.93
0.013
0.013
0.027
4.484
1.552
5.624
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)
31.8
30.6
30.1
30
29.6
25.1
20.6
16.3
14.5
DO (mg/L)
4.5
3.9
2.6
1.5
0.2
0.15
0.12
0.12
0.12
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 29
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 37
  
          Carlson TSI: 61
                    Indiana TSI: 29
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 1329   Greens (#/L): 0   Diatoms (#/L): 453   Other Algae (#/L): 60   Rotifers (#/L): 1601   Zooplankton (#/L): 146.5
 
 

2011

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 2011-07-18
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
2011
7.92
0.5
7.87
6
73
9.3
7.2
161.2
178.6
50.5
89
0.01
0.1895
0.119
0.326
52.75
0.8585415
0.041936
0.018
2.54365
1.572918
2.977705
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
29.9
29.4
28.1
24.5
20.4
17.5
15.5
14.4
DO (mg/L)
12.3
9.3
6
2.7
0.1
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 25.3
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 88.8
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of cells): 74
           Carlson TSI: 71
                   
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 24026059   Greens (#/L): 7378603   Diatoms (#/L): 878800   Other Algae (#/L): 182392   Rotifers (#/L): 16932   Zooplankton (#/L): 196.2
Blue-Greens (cells/L): 142926   Greens (cells/L): 16446   Diatoms (cells/L): 958   Other Algae (cells/L): 630   Rotifers (cells/L): 17   Zooplankton (cells/L): 0
 
 

2014

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 2014-07-14
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
2014
8.23
0.4
4.61
5.5
8.2
6.8
218
347
62
143
0.018
0.73
0.149
0.812
31.48
0.081
6.341
1.422
5.652
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)
28.92
28.39
27.88
24.44
19.68
15.52
13.93
12.91
DO (mg/L)
7.38
6.44
3.15
0.12
0.11
0.1
0.09
0.08
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic:
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 97.3
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of cells): 83.6
           Carlson TSI: 77
                   
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 122297   Greens (#/L): 21895   Diatoms (#/L): 1602   Other Algae (#/L):   Rotifers (#/L): 362   Zooplankton (#/L): 81
Blue-Greens (cells/L): 1084   Greens (cells/L): 28   Diatoms (cells/L): 2   Other Algae (cells/L):   Rotifers (cells/L): 0   Zooplankton (cells/L): 0
 
 

 

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)