Mound (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°8'50", Longitude 82°34'19"

Period of record: 61 sampling dates; December 3, 1990 to January 29, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 79 acres / 32 hectacres

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.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 61 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

3

8

13

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

250

380

770

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

2.6

7.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

5.3

13.4

19.0

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-29-99

7

340

2.0

12.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

7

340

2.0

12.5

Mound (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on May 13, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

52

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

6

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

7.6

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

2.6

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

2.9

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

21

Average lake depth (m)

3

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

100

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

70

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

60

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

50

torpedograss

Panicum repens

50

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

50

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

30

cat-tail

Typha spp.

30

.

Scirpus cubensis

30

lemon bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

20

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

20

musk-grass

Chara spp.

20

southern cutgrass

Leersia hexandra

20

bladderwort

Utricularia foliosa

20

common salvinia

Salvinia rotundifolia

10

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

10

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

10

baby-tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

10

elephant-ear

Colocasia esculenta

10

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

10

willow

Salix spp.

10

sawgrass

Cladium jamaicense

10

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