Joanna (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°50'21", Longitude 81°38'31"

Period of record: 69 sampling dates; January 24, 1990 to November 29, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 302 acres / 122 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Mount Dora 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 Mount Dora Ridge subdivision of the Apopka Upland division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 69 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

3

7

24

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

320

470

650

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

2.4

21.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

9.5

14.0

24.5

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 3 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-08-99

4

600

2.3

14.5

Feb-11-99

6

560

2.0

14.8

Mar-13-99

8

560

1.3

13.0

Apr-21-99

11

560

2.0

13.2

Jun-03-99

9

530

3.0

11.8

Jul-08-99

10

540

3.0

13.0

Aug-14-99

8

550

3.0

12.0

Sep-22-99

6

470

2.7

12.2

Oct-29-99

7

530

3.0

12.5

Nov-29-99

9

490

3.3

12.8

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

8

540

2.6

13.0

Joanna (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

6

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

1

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.8

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

1.6

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

2.0

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

63

Average lake depth (m)

3

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

90

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

80

bladderwort

Utricularia foliosa

80

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

70

Florida bladderwort

Utricularia floridana

70

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

60

dwarf arrowhead

Sagittaria subulata

50

St. John's wort

Hypericum spp.

50

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

40

variable-leaf milfoil

Myriophyllum heterophyllum

40

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

30

variableleaf pondweed

Potamogeton diversifolius

30

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

20

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

20

southern water-grass

Hydrochloa caroliniensis

20

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

10

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

10

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

10

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

10

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

10

willow

Salix spp.

10

water spikerush

Eleocharis elongata

10

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