Florida LAKEWATCH Data 2001 presents limnological data collected from 1235 inland water bodies and river/creek stations and 269 saline stations sampled by Florida LAKEWATCH citizen volunteers from 1986 through 2001 . More than 1500 Florida volunteers have monitored 1504 water bodies and saline or offshore stations monthly in 55 counties. For Maps showing locations of station sites, go to:

Inland Stations or Saline Stations.

This is the tenth annual Florida LAKEWATCH report in which Florida LAKEWATCH data are summarized and compiled. This year's report contains a comprehensive summary of Florida LAKE WATCH data collected from 1986 through 2001.

The information contained in this report includes the following summaries when available:

1. Florida LAKEWATCH inland water chemistry summary (1235 summaries)
a) Location of water body (Latitude and Longitude)
b) Period of record of sampling,
c) Surface area
d) Florida Lake Region
e) Geologic and physiographic regions
f) Long-term and monthly Florida LAKE WATCH averages for total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll, and Secchi depth
g) Periodic water chemistry data: quarterly
h ) Supplemental water chemistry data: pH, total alkalinity, specific conductance, color, chloride, silicon, sulfate, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and iron color

2.) Florida LAKEWATCH saline water chemistry summary (269 summaries)
a) Location of station (Latitude and Longitude,)
b) Period of record of sampling,
c) Geologic and physiographic regions
d) Long-term and monthly Florida LAKEWATCH averages for total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll, and Secchi depth,
e) Periodic water chemistry data: monthly color and conductance

3) Bacteria summary (145 summaries)
a) Total coliform counts
b) Fecal coliform counts

4) Florida LAKEWATCH aquatic plant summary (564 summaries)
a) Percent area covered by aquatic macrophytes (PAC),
b) Percent volume infested with aquatic macrophytes (PVI),
c) Above-ground standing crop of emergent, floating- leaved, and submerged vegetation (kg/m2)
d) Average width (m) of the floating-leaved and emergent zones,
e) Average lake depth (m)
f) All plant species seen while sampling, listed according to the frequency of occurrence in evenly spaced transects around the water body

5) Electrofishing summary (24 water bodies)

6) Trawl summary (12 summaries)
a) List of all species caught
b) Size group
c) Mean catch per minute (CPM)
d) Range of total length (TL).

7) Mercury summary (38 summaries)
a) Total Length (mm) of each fish sampled
b) Total Weight (g) of each fish sampled
c) Sex identified for each fish sampled
d) Mercury Concentration (ppm) for each fish sampled

8) Aquatic bird summary (12 summaries)
a) List of all species identified b)
Abundance for each species seen

9) Bathymetric map (355 maps)
a) Florida LAKEWATCH (237 maps)
b) Hillsborough County Lake Atlas (www.lakeatlas.usf.edu bathymetric map (85 maps)
c) Seminole County Water Atlas (www.seminole.wateratlas.usf.edu bathymetric map (19 maps)

For lists of lakes for which the above data are available, go to:bathymetric maps, aquatic bird data, aquatic plant data, bacteria, mercury, and electrofishing/trawl data

Download PDF Files of the 2001 Report

The report has been converted into PDF files: an introduction and then divided alphabetically by county. Click on the appropriate link to gain access to PDF files of the lakes monitored by LAKEWATCH. The PDF file will either open within your browser (if you have the plugin enabled) or will automatically download to your desktop. You can read it in Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it you can download it free.

Enjoy browsing the water chemistry data, as well as bathymetric maps, aquatic plant, fish, aquatic bird and bacteria data where available. These files will enable you to print out the entire report as well as individual pages. If you are unable to access the PDF version, contact the LAKEWATCH office.

Need to find out which county the waterbody is in?
Go to: Waterbodies A - C, Waterbodies D - H Waterbodies I - P, Waterbodies Q - Z.Introduction

This information is available thanks to the hundreds of LAKEWATCH volunteers who are sampling their lakes every month. 

Florida LAKEWATCH
7922 NW 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653-3071
352/392-4817  Fax 352/392-4902
1-800-LAKEWATCH (525-3928)
E-mail   fl-lakewatch@ufl.edu

Page revised May 13, 2008