Dodd (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°56'24", Longitude 82°22'26"

Period of record: 41 sampling dates; October 18, 1992 to November 11, 1998

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 135 acres / 55 hectacres     Bathymetric Map

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tsala Apopka

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by limestone consisting of skeletons of fossils in a silt to sand size matrix of the Ocala Limestone Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Tsala Apopka Basin division of the Ocala Uplift District.
 
 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:
 
pH
7.2
 Sulfate (mg/L)
0.0
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)
34.3
 Calcium (mg/L)
13.3
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)
113
 Magnesium (mg/L)
1.2
Color (Pt-Co units)
29
 Sodium (mg/L)
7.0
Chloride (mg/L)
13.6
 Potassium (mg/L)
0.2
Silicon (mg/L)
0.2
    

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 41 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
8
12
21
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
620
740
910
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
1.7
5.0
11.3
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
7.0
8.7
12.0

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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Dodd (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 3, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
98
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
76
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
5.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
6.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
747
Average lake depth (m)
3

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

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
100
cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba
100
purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea
100
fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata
90
sawgrass Cladium jamaicense
90
bladderwort Utricularia foliosa
90
bald cypress Taxodium distichum
90
. Nitella prolonga
90
duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia
80
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
80
purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima
80
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
80
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
70
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
70
variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum
70
lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana
50
Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
50
buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
50
hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata
40
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
40
water primrose Ludwigia octovalvis
40
banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica
30
southern naiad Najas guadalupensis
30
red root Lachnanthes caroliniana
30
yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp.
30
smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides
10
cat-tail Typha spp.
10
tapegrass Vallisneria americana
10
willow Salix spp.
10
sedge family Cyperaceae
10
musk-grass Chara spp.
10
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
10

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