Rose (St Lucie County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°33'4", Longitude 80°24'28"

Period of record: 71 sampling dates; March 4, 1991 to November 28, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by high energy, bar shelly, and dune sand with loose to hard limestone of the Anastasia Formation and beach and dune sand and shell with silty sand, silt, and clay of the Princess Ann Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Sebastion-St. Lucie Flats division of the Eastern Flatwoods District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 71 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

20

51

291

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

360

710

1880

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

12.5

58.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.6

4.0

7.7

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-25-99

23

570

7.7

5.6

Feb-28-99

29

580

7.3

6.2

Mar-28-99

35

620

9.7

4.7

Apr-25-99

25

650

4.3

5.3

May-24-99

21

600

4.0

5.4

Jun-27-99

23

620

4.3

5.5

Jul-30-99

20

620

8.0

.

Sep-01-99

23

720

9.3

6.9

Sep-24-99

39

730

11.3

5.0

Oct-26-99

291

1880

52.3

2.2

Nov-28-99

22

610

5.3

.

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

50

750

11.2

5.2

 

Rose (St Lucie County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on August 19, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

0

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

0

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.2

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

0.0

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.0

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

4

Average lake depth (m)

2

 

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

torpedograss

Panicum repens

70

bacopa

Bacopa monnieri

50

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

50

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

30

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

30

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

10

musk-grass

Chara spp.

10

Back to R lakes page