Status Report on the Water Quality of Lake Ozette and Potential Human-related Impacts on Salmonids
Meyer J and Brenkman S. 2001. Status Report on the Water Quality of Lake Ozette and Potential Human-related Impacts on Salmonids. Olympic National Park. Port Angeles, WA
From the Introduction: "The United States Congress acknowledged the existence of threats to the health of the Lake Ozette ecosystem in the Washington Parks Wilderness Act of 1988. Congress directed the National Park Service to "conduct a study of the watershed of Lake Ozette" and "consider the various alternatives to protect this area." This study responds to the congressional directive by documenting water quality conditions in the watershed and assessing potential impacts to fish resources. Specifically, the objectives of this study were to: 1) determine water quality conditions in Lake Ozette and its tributaries; 2) provide baseline data for future water quality studies that occur in the basin; and 3) identify potential factors in the decline of salmonids in the Ozette basin."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Meyer, John; Brenkman, Sam
- Date of Issue
- 2001-11
- Publisher
- Olympic National Park
- Units
- OLYM , WRD
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Chlorophyll, Clemson, Dissolved Oxygen, Fish, Fish species composition, Freshwater Lake, Human Impacts, Lake Ozette, limnological conditions, Monitoring, Nutrients, Olympic National Park, Ozette River Watershed, pH, Salmonid, Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), specific conductance, Turbidity, Vegetation, Water Chemistry, Water Quality, Water Temperature, Zooplankton