Holiday (Pasco County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°10'36", Longitude 82°35'20"

Period of record: 48 sampling dates; January 16, 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 2 months sampled:

pH

6.7

Sulfate (mg/L)

8.5

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

10.2

Calcium (mg/L)

6.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

136

Magnesium (mg/L)

2.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

24

Sodium (mg/L)

14.8

Chloride (mg/L)

27.5

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 48 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

12

20

30

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

830

1030

1310

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

8.5

22.1

36.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

3.7

6.3

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

Holiday (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, %)

3

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.6

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

1.0

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.3

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

19

Average lake depth (m)

3

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

70

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

60

duck-potato

Sagittaria lancifolia

50

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

50

torpedograss

Panicum repens

50

cat-tail

Typha spp.

40

musk-grass

Chara spp.

40

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

30

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

20

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

20

willow

Salix spp.

20

common duckweed

Lemna minor

10

alligator-weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

10

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

10

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

10

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

10

variableleaf pondweed

Potamogeton diversifolius

10

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