Monkey Business (Leon County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 30°36'21", Longitude 84°13'56"
Period of record: 72 sampling dates; February 21, 1993 to December 19, 1999
Surface area : No data available.
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tifton/Tallahassee Uplands
Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):
The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by granular sand and clayey sand with some clay lenses of the Hawthorne Formation and gravel, sand and clay of the Citronelle Formation.
Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):
The water body lies in the Tallahassee Red Hills subdivision of the State Line Hills 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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) |
16.0 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
4.6 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
54 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
1.8 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
17 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
3.2 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
8.3 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
1.4 |
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 72 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
18 |
49 |
102 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
370 |
760 |
1370 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
4.3 |
32.6 |
150.0 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
1.3 |
3.1 |
6.8 |
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-30-99 |
63 |
760 |
41.3 |
2.4 |
|
Feb-28-99 |
67 |
890 |
47.3 |
1.7 |
|
Mar-28-99 |
84 |
850 |
30.3 |
2.0 |
|
Apr-25-99 |
55 |
860 |
28.7 |
2.5 |
|
May-30-99 |
59 |
780 |
32.7 |
2.0 |
|
Jun-27-99 |
75 |
1180 |
51.7 |
1.5 |
|
Jul-25-99 |
53 |
1120 |
38.7 |
2.4 |
|
Aug-29-99 |
65 |
940 |
49.7 |
2.5 |
|
Sep-26-99 |
55 |
840 |
43.0 |
2.4 |
|
Oct-31-99 |
56 |
830 |
33.7 |
2.3 |
|
Nov-28-99 |
52 |
770 |
32.7 |
2.2 |
|
Dec-19-99 |
47 |
760 |
28.0 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999 Average |
61 |
880 |
38.1 |
2.2 |
Monkey Business (Leon County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on August 17, 1993
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
28 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
3 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
2.0 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.1 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.5 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
1 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
1 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
soft rush |
Juncus effusus |
90 |
|
bacopa |
Bacopa monnieri |
60 |
|
southern cutgrass |
Leersia hexandra |
60 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
50 |
|
wax myrtle |
Myrica cerifera |
50 |
|
southern water-grass |
Hydrochloa caroliniensis |
40 |
|
maidencane |
Panicum hemitomon |
40 |
|
. |
Rhynchospora glomerata |
40 |
|
slender spikerush |
Eleocharis baldwinii |
30 |
|
baby-tears |
Micranthemum umbrosum |
30 |
|
cat-tail |
Typha spp. |
30 |
|
. |
Cyperus virens |
30 |
|
common arrowhead |
Sagittaria latifolia |
20 |
|
American lotus |
Nelumbo lutea |
20 |
|
smartweed |
Polygonum hydropiperoides |
20 |
|
willow |
Salix spp. |
20 |
|
green algae |
Chlorphyta |
20 |
|
inundated beak-rush |
Rhynchospora inundata |
20 |
|
. |
Cyperus strigosus |
20 |
|
. |
Juncus elliottii |
20 |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
10 |
|
fragrant water-lily |
Nymphaea odorata |
10 |
|
flat-sedge |
Cyperus odoratus |
10 |
|
barnyard grass |
Echinochloa crusgalli |
10 |
|
para grass |
Brachiaria mutica |
10 |
|
jointed flat sedge |
Cyperus haspan |
10 |
|
Baldwin flat sedge |
Cyperus globulosus |
10 |
|
annual spikrush |
Eleocharis geniculata |
10 |
|
red-root flat sedge |
Cyperus erythrorhizos |
10 |
|
bearded sedge |
Carex comosa |
10 |