Little Murex (Lee County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 26°25'59", Longitude 82°6'1"

Period of record: 29 sampling dates; December 5, 1993 to December 6, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Southwestern Flatlands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by undifferentiated sand, shell, clay, marl, and peat of the Holocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Barrier Island Coastal Strip division of the Southwestern Flatwoods District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

8.7

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

125.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

9212

Color (Pt-Co units)

20

Chloride (mg/L)

3150.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 29 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

13

25

46

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

1550

2060

2740

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.3

12.4

31.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.1

3.6

5.8

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-09-99

34

1930

21.3

2.7

Feb-09-99

23

1900

9.3

4.0

Mar-17-99

23

1870

11.3

5.1

Apr-06-99

23

1890

10.3

4.8

May-04-99

23

1820

10.7

4.0

Jun-07-99

17

1780

5.7

.

Jul-03-99

17

1730

7.0

4.1

Jul-05-99

20

1690

6.3

4.1

Oct-05-99

19

1770

13.7

4.3

Nov-02-99

23

1860

11.7

4.1

Dec-06-99

22

1930

13.7

3.6

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

22

1830

11.0

4.1

Back to L lakes page