Clean Lakes Program: Worm Pit - Clay County

 

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Worm Pit

 

Clay County

2001

         
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 2001-08-21
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
18
6.9
35
28
97.7
8.1
7.2
579
585
70
715
0.01
1.603
0.023
2.109
0.12
0.013
0.013
0.018
12.331
0.502
15.764
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)
26.6
26.4
26.2
26.1
25.9
25.8
25
20.1
15.7
12.6
10.7
9.1
8.3
7.6
7.1
7
6.8
6.8
7
DO (mg/L)
8
8.1
7.9
7.9
7.8
7.8
7.6
10
9.3
8.3
6
2.8
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 59
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 98
 
          Carlson TSI: 30
                    Indiana TSI: 33
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 8889   Greens (#/L): 4   Diatoms (#/L): 7   Other Algae (#/L): 171   Rotifers (#/L): 7   Zooplankton (#/L): 3.6
 
 

2014

         
Sample Location: deep hole
Sample Date: 2014-08-12
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
17.68
4.5
34.2
4
7.2
7.2
942
2460
77
999
0.01
0.989
0.013
3.67
1.59
0.013
0.013
0.018
6.2
0.395
24.339
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)
24.89
24.98
24.97
24.96
24.97
23.4
18.58
14.51
11.23
9.36
8
7.38
6.99
6.71
6.77
7.14
7.58
DO (mg/L)
8.15
7.35
7.23
7.27
7.19
7.16
8.33
9.29
10.3
9.28
0.24
0.3
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.03
0.01
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic:
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 87.8
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of cells): 17.7
          Carlson TSI: 62
                   
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 1295   Greens (#/L): 4811   Diatoms (#/L): 265   Other Algae (#/L): 815   Rotifers (#/L): 75   Zooplankton (#/L): 46
Blue-Greens (cells/L): 43   Greens (cells/L): 6   Diatoms (cells/L): 0   Other Algae (cells/L): 0   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)