(See also; 1. the 2007 Long-Term Fish, Plants, and Water Quality Monitoring Program Report and List of lakes Monitored for 2006 and 2007 data on fish, aquatic plants and water quality in lakes sampled by Florida LAKEWATCH and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
2. 2008 Long-Term Fish, Plants, and Water Quality Monitoring Program Report 
3. 2009 Long-Term Fish, Plants, and Water Quality Monitoring Program Report 

Florida LAKEWATCH Annual Data Summaries 2005 presents limnological data collected from 621 lakes, 118 river/creek stations, 5 springs, and 126 saline stations sampled by Florida LAKEWATCH citizen volunteers during 2005 (Figure 1). More than 1500 Florida volunteers have monitored 870 water bodies and saline or offshore stations monthly in 45 counties. Data collected since this report are available from Florida LAKEWATCH and are on the Water Atlas website (see Volunteers page: http://www.wateratlas.usf.edu/AtlasOfLakes/Florida/ ).

This is the fourteenth annual Florida LAKEWATCH report in which Florida LAKEWATCH data were summarized and compiled. This report contains a comprehensive summary of Florida LAKEWATCH water chemistry data collected during 2005. The aquatic plant surveys completed in 2005 are also included for any water body that was sampled during 2005. A dot (.) recorded on a line indicates that no information was collected. The information contained in this report includes the following summaries when available:

1) Florida LAKEWATCH water chemistry summary (870 summaries)

a) Location of water body (Latitude and Longitude)
b) Period of record of sampling
c) Surface area (Dickinson et al. 1982, Shafer et al. 1986, or Florida LAKEWATCH bathymetric maps)
d) Florida Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997)
e) Geologic (Brooks 1981a) and physiographic regions (Brooks 1981b)
f) Long-term, 2005 monthly, and 2005 yearly Florida LAKEWATCH averages for total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll, and Secchi depth
g) Periodic water chemistry data: quarterly color for freshwater and monthly color and specific conductance for saline stations
h) Supplemental water chemistry data: pH, total alkalinity, specific conductance, color, chloride, silicon, sulfate, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and iron

2) Florida LAKEWATCH aquatic plant summary (32 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) vii
f) All plant species seen while sampling, listed according to the frequency of occurrence in evenly spaced transects around the water body

Appendix 1: Table of all sampling conducted by Florida LAKEWATCH between 1986 through 2005.

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

Download PDF Files of the 2005 Report

The report has been converted into PDF files: an introduction and then divided alphabetically by county. The report is a large file so we have divided it into parts to allow easier downloading.

Enjoy browsing the water chemistry data. You will be able to print out the entire report as well as individual pages.

Water Chemistry Summaries 2005

Introduction and Index (Includes Appendix 1)
Part 1: Alachua County - Highlands County
Part 2: Hillsborough County - Marion County
Part 3:Miami-Dade County - Pinellas County
Part 4: Polk County - Washington County

This report was placed at each of the eleven state university libraries and given to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, all five Water Management Districts, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This 2005 report is available for viewing and downloading here on the Florida LAKEWATCH web page. The last comprehensive summary included all Florida LAKEWATCH data collected from 1986 through 2001.

Data are also available by request from the Florida LAKEWATCH office:

Florida LAKEWATCH
(UF/IFAS  School of Forest Resources and Conservation)
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
7922 NW 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653-3071
352/392-4817  Fax 352/392-4902
Toll-free message line 1-800-LAKEWATCH (525-3928)
E-mail   fl-lakewatch@ufl.edu

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