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What is Florida LAKEWATCH?

Downloadable LAKEWATCH Data

The Florida LAKEWATCH Team

Bathymetric Maps
2005 Data Report

Florida LAKEWATCH Newsletters
  2007 Fish Report
Lakes Monitored
2008 Fish Report
2009 Fish Report


Florida LAKEWATCH Brochures/Circulars
LAKEWATCH Aquatic Bird Survey
Publications Using
LAKEWATCH Data
Hydrilla Report
(June, 2005 pdf)

Florida Atlas of Lakes: a Web Site for Lake Volunteers





Read the new
Florida LAKEWATCH Newsletter

(Vol 60, March, 2013) !

Florida Lake Types

1. Coastal Dune Lakes
(Walton Co.)

New Webcasts:
Lakewatch Chats:

1. Establishing Numeric Nutrient
Criteria in Florida lakes.
(Prof. D.E. Canfield,Jr.)

2. Problems With the Proposed
Numeric Nutrient Criteria
in Florida lakes.
(Prof. R.W. Bachmann)


Do You Know?

We have 3 new journal articles on Numeric Nutrient Criteria in Florida Lakes. (Lake and Reservoir Manage. Vol. 28 (March), 2012)

Read our article on the reliability of Volunteer Monitoring Data! Download PDF

You can find information on aquatic plants from UF's Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Library.

Read our findings : Survey of toxic algal (microcystin) distribution in Florida lakes. by D.L. Bigham, M.V. Hoyer and D. E. Canfield, Jr. (2009)

Between 1986 and 2012 Florida LAKEWATCH volunteers sampled, in 59 counties, a total of: 2278 water bodies, including 1572 lakes, 339 coastal sites, 356 river sites, and 11 springs!

Sampled in 2012: 763 water bodies: 485 lakes, 131 coastal sites,143 river sites and 4 springs.

Map of Coastal Sites
Map of Lake Sites
Map of River Sites
Water Sample Collection Centers


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For more information about Florida LAKEWATCH, Contact:

University of Florida  IFAS, School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Florida LAKEWATCH
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

7922 NW 71st Street 
Gainesville, FL 32653
Toll Free Message Line: 1-800-LAKEWATCH (525-3928) 
Phone: 352/392-4817 
Fax: 352/392-4902 
Univ. of Florida PO: 110600

 

 

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Webmaster: Marilyn D. Bachmann
Webmaster e-mail: mdbach@ufl.edu

Florida LAKEWATCH e-mail:
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