Clean Lakes Program: Bell - Steuben County

 

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Indiana Clean Lakes Program Lake Report

Bell

  

Steuben County

1990

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 1990-07-10
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
1990
7.3
3.7
42.5
23
100
8.3
7.1
370
319
177.1
192.05
0.01
0.01
0.029
0.032
0.168
0.339
0.049
0.567
1.08
1.035
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)
25
23.5
21
18
14
10.5
8.5
DO (mg/L)
8
8.7
10.4
12.4
3.6
0.9
0.2
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 100
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 69
  
          Carlson TSI: 47
                    Indiana TSI: 19
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 4825   Greens (#/L): 23   Diatoms (#/L): 661   Other Algae (#/L): 1275   Rotifers (#/L): 229   Zooplankton (#/L): 0
 
 

1992

          
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 1992-08-04
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
1992
7.3
3.6
45
20
105
7.8
7
340
370
157
191
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.022
0.085
0.092
0.036
0.085
0.576
0.496
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)
23.2
23.1
23
23
21.5
18
DO (mg/L)
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.7
7.2
5.6
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 100
  
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 26
  
          Carlson TSI: 40
                    Indiana TSI: 3
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 566   Greens (#/L): 456   Diatoms (#/L): 134   Other Algae (#/L): 208   Rotifers (#/L): 850   Zooplankton (#/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)