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PE EIE[R-Rg RESEARCH ON - HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

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Table 1.-Suggested criteria for judging trophic status of temperate<br />

lakes and respective values for Lake Sammamish<br />

Item Oligotrophic Eutrophic Lake Sammamish<br />

Chlorophyll a ug/l ' (growth season mean) 0-4 10-100 7 . 1<br />

Primary productivity 2 mgC/m 2 • day<br />

(growth season mean) 30-300 1,000-3,000 77 0<br />

Hypolimnetic 02 deficit 3 in mg 02 /cm 2 • day<br />

(mean rate) < .025 >.055 .05 3<br />

Ortho P04 -P in ug/14 (winter mean) >10 12 (total P, 26 )<br />

NO 3 -N in ug/l4 (winter mean) >300 14 2<br />

Total P annual supply s in g/m 2 • yr for<br />

mean depth 17 .7 m .26 .2 0<br />

Total N annual supplys in g/m 2 • yr for<br />

mean depth 17 .7 m 4 .00 3 .8 7<br />

' Based on data from several lakes in Canada and Unite d States .<br />

' Modified from Rhode (1969), including data from Schindler and Nighswander (1970) .<br />

3 After Mortimer (1941, 1942) .<br />

°Modified from Sawyer (1952) .<br />

5 After Vollenweider (1968) .<br />

Table 2.-Comparison of trophic status indicators (May-August means) in<br />

Lake Sammamish surface water with other lakes of the Ceda r<br />

River drainage, Western Coniferous Biome, Washington<br />

Lake Total P P04 -P N0 3 -N Si Chl a Productivity Secch i<br />

ug/l mg C/m 2 • day m<br />

Findley' 4 .9 1 .0 3 .0 76 0.3 370 1 5<br />

Chester Morse 5 .1 1 .0 16 .3 373 1 .6 520 7 . 3<br />

Sammamish 48 .0 7 .0 86 .0 1,100 7 .1 770 3 . 5<br />

Washington 2 18 .7 1 .1 56 .5 9 .5 1,070 2 .3<br />

July and August only because of earlier ice over .<br />

2W. T . Edmondson, personal communication .<br />

30 3

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