Bass (Pasco County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 28°10'59", Longitude 82°35'18"
Period of record: 40 sampling dates; January 13, 1991 to April 29, 1995
Surface area : No data available.
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Keystone Lakes
Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):
The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.
Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):
The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain division of the Ocala Uplift District.
Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.
Numbers reported below are the average for 3 months sampled:
|
pH |
6.7 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
6.2 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
11.8 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
5.4 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
128 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
2.1 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
29 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
13.3 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
26.3 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
2.0 |
|
Silicon (mg/L) |
0.3 |
|
|
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 40 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
14 |
26 |
44 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
580 |
710 |
910 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
4.3 |
14.3 |
43.0 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
3.2 |
5.2 |
8.6 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.
Bass (Pasco County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on May 12, 1992
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
10 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
2 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
7.3 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
16.0 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.0 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
13 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
2 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
floating water-hyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
90 |
|
. |
Scirpus cubensis |
90 |
|
common salvinia |
Salvinia rotundifolia |
80 |
|
alligator-weed |
Alternanthera philoxeroides |
70 |
|
cat-tail |
Typha spp. |
70 |
|
willow |
Salix spp. |
70 |
|
water primrose |
Ludwigia octovalvis |
60 |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
30 |
|
red ludwigia |
Ludwigia repens |
30 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
30 |
|
slender spikerush |
Eleocharis baldwinii |
20 |
|
pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
10 |
|
elephant-ear |
Colocasia esculenta |
10 |
|
maidencane |
Panicum hemitomon |
10 |
|
musk-grass |
Chara spp. |
10 |
|
green algae |
Chlorphyta |
10 |