Westwood (Palm Beach County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 26°40'39", Longitude 80°12'2"

Period of record: 9 sampling dates; August 1, 1998 to December 26, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by calcareous shelly sand with diverse extinct tropical marine fauna, may contain multiple vary hard sandy cap rocks of the Caloosahatchee Fromation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Andytown Ridges and Sloughs subdivision of the Everglades division of the Gold Coast-Florida Bay District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 9 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

13

18

22

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

510

580

670

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

6.0

10.0

12.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.9

4.1

5.7

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-03-99

22

530

9.0

4.0

Feb-13-99

17

600

10.3

4.2

Mar-28-99

19

670

6.0

3.4

Sep-12-99

13

590

12.0

4.4

Oct-30-99

18

590

11.3

.

Dec-26-99

20

650

11.7

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

18

600

10.1

3.8

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