Pearl (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°39'37", Longitude 81°20'46"

Period of record: 2 sampling dates; September 28, 1999 to November 1, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

4.6

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

0.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

99

Color (Pt-Co units)

23

Chloride (mg/L)

16.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 2 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

20

21

23

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

790

800

810

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

11.3

13.8

16.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

5.8

7.9

10.0

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

Sep-28-99

23

810

16.3

5.8

Nov-01-99

20

790

11.3

10.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

21

800

13.8

7.9

 

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