Integrated aquatic community and water quality monitoring of mountain ponds and lakes in the Klamath Network – annual data report: 2013 results from Lassen Volcanic National Park, Crater Lake National Park, and Redwood National Park
Dinger EC. 2016. Integrated aquatic community and water quality monitoring of mountain ponds and lakes in the Klamath Network – annual data report: 2013 results from Lassen Volcanic National Park, Crater Lake National Park, and Redwood National Park. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/KLMN/NRDS—2016/1055. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Inventory and Monitoring Program of the National Park Service sampled the biotic and abiotic parameters of mountain ponds and lakes of the Klamath Network in three park units: Lassen Volcanic National Park, Crater Lake National Park, and Redwood National Park. Sampling of lentic habitats in these parks occurs every three years (2013, 2016, 2019, etc.). The purpose of the Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network Mountain Ponds and Lakes protocol is to determine status and trends of ecological condition in mountain ponds and lakes. This report serves to report the measured values and as the first year of monitoring, set the baseline for future trend reports. Included in the report are measurements of physical habitat, water chemistry and quality, and aquatic communities. In Lassen Volcanic National Park, a total of 30 probabilistically chosen ponds and lakes were visited along with a single judgment site (Lake Helen). Sampling occurred from 17 July 2013 to 29 August 2013. Three of the 30 probabilistic ponds-lakes were found to be dry, for a total of 27 probabilistic ponds and lakes sampled. In Crater Lake National Park, six ponds outside the Crater Lake caldera were sampled from 4 September 2013 to 9 September 2013, excluding a single site that was inaccessible. Based on visits in prior years and the current visits, it was determined that this constitutes all the known perennial sampleable ponds outside the Crater Lake caldera. There are no judgment sites in Crater Lake National Park. In Redwood National Park, a single judgment site, Freshwater Lagoon, was sampled on 17 and 18 September 2013.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Dinger, Eric
- Date of Issue
- 2016-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CRLA , KLMN , LAVO , NRSS , REDW
- Keywords
- Acid Neutralizing Capacity, Amphibians, benthic macroinvertebrate, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Dissolved Oxygen, fish, Lakes, Monitoring, Nutrients, pH, Secchi depth, specific conductance, Sulfate, Temperature, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Algae