Lake Chemistry at Acadia National Park, 1995
Kahl JS. 1996. Lake Chemistry at Acadia National Park, 1995. University of Maine, Orono, ME
Summarizes results of lake chemistry on Mount Desert Island and Isle au Haut and compares these results to chemistry in other Maine lakes. Tables include lists of raw data for all water quality parameters measured. 'The major lakes of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park are poorly buffered and have low nutrient concentrations. Compared to data in the 1980's, acid neutralizing capacity is slightly higher, and sulfate and non-marine base cations are slightly lower, consistent with regional trends. Lake trophic levels range from very oligotrophic (the major lakes) to eutrophic and/or dystriphic (smaller wetland ponds). There are insufficient data to report on trends in nutrient concentrations. The pattern of higher nutrients proximal to the developed shorelines of lakes was noted in earlier studies, and this patern continues. In general, these lakes are dilute poorly buffered waters, vulnerable to changes in nutrient or acid inputs.'
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Kahl, Jeffrey
- Date of Issue
- 1996-06
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Acid Neutralizing Capacity, Aluminum (Al), Ammonium (NH4), Aunt Betty Pond, Bear Brook Pond, Breakneck Pond, Bubble Pond, Calcium (Ca), Chlorine (Cl), Chlorophyll, Conductivity, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), Duck Pond, Eagle Lake, Echo Lake, Halfmoon Pond, Hamilton Pond, Hodgdon Pond, Isle Au Haut, Jordan Pond, Lake Wood, Little Long Pond, Long Pond, Lower Hadlock Pond, Magnesium (Mg), Mount Desert Island, Nitrogen (N), NOx, pH, Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Round Pond, Sargent Mountain Pond, Seal Cove Pond, Silica (SiO2), Sodium (Na), solids (water quality), Somes Pond, SOx, The Bowl, The Tarn, Turbidity, Upper Hadlock Pond, Water Color, Witch Hole Pond