Klamath Lakes Monitoring Data Package 2013-2019

Description

This dataset contains monitoring data for lakes and pond at Crater Lake NP, Lassen Volcanic NP, and Redwood NSP. Ponds and lakes are integral components of the Klamath Network landscape. Healthy water bodies are rich in biodiversity and support many ecosystem functions, but lakes and ponds are complex ecosystems that are influenced by a range of local as well as regional environmental conditions. Therefore, lakes can be useful indicators of impacts from disturbances across the landscape, for example nearby impacts, such as visitor use and distant impacts, such as agricultural activities and wildfires. Since 2013, the Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network has been conducting monitoring of lakes and ponds in three parks. The protocol combines monitoring water quality characteristics of the lakes, such as the chemical and physical conditions, with monitoring the aquatic communities that the lake supports, such as the fish, plants, and macro invertebrates. Objectives are to: Determine the status and trends of ecological conditions in Klamath Network mountain ponds and lakes Assist parks with “impaired quality waters,” also known as “303d” lists as defined by the Clean Water Act Assist parks with monitoring of “Outstanding National Resource Waters” or Tier 3 waters as defined by the Clean Water Act We measure/collect: Physical environment including substrate composition and percentage, depth, area, water clarity, shoreline complexity, and water level. Water quality parameters including dissolved oxygen, temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, and pH. Water anions, cations, dissolved organic carbon, and nutrients. Algal biomass. Littoral zone benthic macroinvertebrates. Visual Encounter Surveys for amphibians. Fish populations. Photographs to provide visual comparisons over time.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 Details about sampling events https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710820?Reference=2306731
8 Holds lake area and perimeter data https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710819?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about legacy trees, the tallest trees at 15 semi equidistant points around the lake. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710827?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about riparian cover at 15 semi equidistant points around the lake https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710831?Reference=2306731
55 EML Metadata https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710826?Reference=2306731
8 Holds zooplankton data. Data were received from the lab. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710836?Reference=2306731
8 Holds habitat data collected while walking the perimeter of the lake https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710822?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about lake depth, water clarity, temperature and general information about zooplankton sampling https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710830?Reference=2306731
8 Holds location data about lakes https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710828?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about shoreline characteristics https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710832?Reference=2306731
8 Holds coordinates of invertebrate sampling locations https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710824?Reference=2306731
8 Holds algal biomass data, which were received from the lab https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710816?Reference=2306731
8 Holds information about site photos https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710829?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about human influences around the lake at 15 semi equidistant plots https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710823?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about weather during sampling https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710835?Reference=2306731
8 Holds water chemistry data. Data were received from the lab. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710833?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data about species detected during invertebrate surveys. Samples were received from a lab. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710825?Reference=2306731
8 Holds general fish survey data and data about fish collected https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710821?Reference=2306731
8 Holds general amphibian survey data and data about species detected https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710818?Reference=2306731
8 Holds data from alkalinity samples done on unfiltered water samples (Acid Neutralizing Capacity is more accurate description) https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710817?Reference=2306731
8 Holds water quality data. Data were collected with Eureka Environmental Manta water quality probe and imported into this table, after being reduced to an equilibrated measurement every 0.5 meters. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/710834?Reference=2306731

Tags

  • long-term-monitoring
  • water-quality
  • ecological-monitoring
  • lakes
  • ecological-data
  • lakes-monitoring
  • national-parks

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