Brooklyn Bay (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°47'40", Longitude 82°1'13"

Period of record: 106 sampling dates; August 9, 1989 to December 9, 1999

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 734 acres / 297 hectacres (Bathymetric Map)

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Trail Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Interlachen Sand Hills division of the Central Lake District.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 106 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

6

15

79

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

140

340

1140

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

6.6

46.5

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.5

7.4

19.0

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 2 stations for total phosphorus (TP, µg/L), total nitrogen (TN, µg/L), chlorophyll (CHL, µg/L) and Secchi depth (SECCHI, ft) during 1999:

Date

TP (µg/L)

TN (µg/L)

CHL (µg/L)

SECCHI (ft

Jan-09-99

10

340

4.0

8.0

Feb-06-99

8

190

4.0

9.8

Mar-12-99

9

220

3.0

11.0

Apr-09-99

11

210

1.0

13.0

May-06-99

8

320

2.0

11.8

Jun-12-99

10

210

1.5

14.0

Jul-10-99

10

250

2.0

15.5

Sep-26-99

13

310

5.0

11.8

Oct-15-99

10

340

4.5

9.0

Nov-19-99

13

340

6.0

6.2

Dec-09-99

10

300

5.5

7.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

10

270

3.5

10.6

Brooklyn Bay (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 1998

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

8

Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)

1

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.4

Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.0

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.3

Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)

126

Average lake depth (m)

6


Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

100

southern cutgrass

Leersia hexandra

40

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

30

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

20

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

20

wax myrtle

Myrica cerifera

10

stonewort

Nitella spp.

10

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