Clean Lakes Program: Backwater - Kosciusko County

 

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Backwater

 

Kosciusko County

1994

         
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 1994-08-15
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
1994
1.5
1
25
1.5
127
8
8
450
450
216.1
216.1
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.068
32.07
0.05
0.05
0.018
0.018
0.455
0.455
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)
24.8
22
DO (mg/L)
10.8
11.1
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 100
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 6
 
          Carlson TSI: 54
                    Indiana TSI: 15
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 732   Greens (#/L): 4565   Diatoms (#/L): 4307   Other Algae (#/L): 2554   Rotifers (#/L): 0   Zooplankton (#/L): 797
 
 

1998

         
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 1998-06-29
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
1998
1.5
1.6
37.68
12.3
1
7.52
510
200.9
0.072
0.095
14.58
0.059
0.098
1.006
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)
27.9
27
25.4
20
DO (mg/L)
3.7
1.3
0.1
0.1
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 50
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 25
 
          Carlson TSI: 60
                    Indiana TSI: 16
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 1842   Greens (#/L): 291   Diatoms (#/L): 582   Other Algae (#/L): 3780   Rotifers (#/L): 969   Zooplankton (#/L): 36.9
 
 

2003

         
Sample Location: Deep Hole
Sample Date: 2003-08-05
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
2003
1.5
1.4
25
5
80.5
8.1
490
191
0.03
0.057
8.33
0.424
0.018
1.046
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)
26.7
24.3
23.4
DO (mg/L)
7.4
7.5
6.8
                                                                           
% Water Column Oxic: 100
 
Blue-Green Dominance (% of NU): 24
 
          Carlson TSI: 56
                    Indiana TSI: 19
                                                                           
Blue-Greens (#/L): 1018   Greens (#/L): 1923   Diatoms (#/L): 226   Other Algae (#/L): 1056   Rotifers (#/L): 0   Zooplankton (#/L): 13.7
 
 

 

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)