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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

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