Wildcat (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°9'43", Longitude 81°37'39"

Period of record: 38 sampling dates; November 24, 1990 to December 14, 1999

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 351 acres / 142 hectacres     Bathymetric Map

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Ocala Scrub

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by sand dunes and well sorted fine sand of the Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Ocala Scrub division of the Central Lake District.
 
 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 5 months sampled:
 
pH
4.6
 Sulfate (mg/L)
5.5
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)
0.9
 Calcium (mg/L)
0.8
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)
40
 Magnesium (mg/L)
2.2
Color (Pt-Co units)
26
 Sodium (mg/L)
4.3
Chloride (mg/L)
8.5
 Potassium (mg/L)
0.1
Silicon (mg/L)
0.2
    

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 38 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
4
7
13
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
140
240
500
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
1.3
3.3
8.7
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
5.0
9.0
12.3

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
4
300
3.7
7.4
Feb-27-99
6
310
2.3
7.7
Mar-31-99
6
250
2.7
8.0
Apr-22-99
4
220
2.3
8.0
May-20-99
7
220
1.7
11.3
Jun-22-99
7
140
2.0
11.0
Jul-14-99
6
280
3.0
11.0
Sep-24-99
7
240
3.7
9.5
Oct-20-99
6
230
2.7
10.0
Nov-26-99
4
220
3.0
10.0
Dec-14-99
5
180
1.7
12.3
         
1999 Average
6
230
2.6
9.7

 

Wildcat (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 9, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
4
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
5.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
32
Average lake depth (m)
4

 

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

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
100
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
70
sawgrass Cladium jamaicense
60
buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
50
banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica
40
red ludwigia Ludwigia repens
30
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
20
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
20
pipewort Eriocaulon spp.
20
respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata
20
fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata
10
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
10
lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus
10
lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana
10
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
10
water-moss Fontinalis spp.
10
variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum
10
southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra
10

 

Wildcat (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on May 11, 1999

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
6
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
8.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
4.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
42
Average lake depth (m)
5

 

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

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
100
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
80
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
70
buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
70
sawgrass Cladium jamaicense
70
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
60
southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra
60
purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea
50
water tupelo Nyssa aquatica
50
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
50
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana
50
banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica
40
cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba
40
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
30
variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum
30
fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata
20
dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata
20
bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis
20
red ludwigia Ludwigia repens
10
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
10
willow Salix spp.
10
torpedograss Panicum repens
10
yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp.
10
hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare
10
red maple Acer rubrum
10

 

Wildcat (Lake County)

Electrofishing Data

     
Canfield and Hoyer (1992) Ranges
Species1
#/hr
kg/hr2
min weight (kg/hr)
mean weight (kg/hr)
max weight (kg/hr)
Black crappie
1
0.2
0.1
6.4
28.7
Bluefin killifish
1
0
0
0
0.1
Bluegill
165
2.4
0.3
50.3
447
Bluespotted sunfish
1
0
0
0
0.1
Eastern mosquitofish
11
0
0
0.14
1.97
Florida gar
10
3.8
0.8
50.1
328.6
Golden shiner
7
0.7
0
6.9
65
Lake chubsucker
15
5.9
0.1
40.7
161.9
Largemouth bass
50
20.4
1.1
82
284.6
Warmouth
3
0.1
0
1.5
12
           
Total
264
33.5
      

1 Total # of species = 10.

2 Weights calculated using regressions from Hoyer and Canfield 1994 and from Bill Schaeffer, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (personal communication).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Catch per unit of effort (kg of fish / hour of sampling) versus total chlorophyll (mg/m3) and number of fish species collected versus surface area of lake for 60 Florida lakes sampled by Canfield and Hoyer (1992) (•) and Lake Wildcat (Lake County) electrofishing sampling (o). The lines represent linear regressions for logged values of the 60 Florida lakes.

Wildcat (Lake County)

Trawl Data

Species
Size Group
Mean CPM
Range of TL (mm)
1998
 
bluegill
all
3.02
62 - 222
bluegill
318 cm
0.43
-
lake chubsucker
all
0.03
355
largemouth bass
all
0.33
211
redear
all
0.33
184
redear
318 cm
0.33
-
yellow bullhead
all
0.33
297 - 297
1999
 
bluegill
all
0.33
20 - 234
bluegill
318 cm
0.22
-

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