CLPOC Smaller Lakes Profiles

The following are limnological assessment reports on the smaller aquatic systems under the management responsibility of the Canadian Lakes Development. A table of the analytical data for each system can be found below. The table data depicts the ability of aquatic vegetation to keep water clear. At the time of the early June sampling event, available nutrients (phosphorus) in the water column had not yet been taken up by aquatic vegetation or macro algae. By the late July sampling event, available nutrients were significantly lower in all the lakes sampled. Total phosphorus levels were down to the point that algal blooms could be avoided without the use of algaecides. Many of these lakes have a very limited native aquatic vascular plant population. In some of these lakes it was the algae taking up the phosphorus. This demonstrates the need for native aquatic plants and their ability to insure high water clarity by reducing the potential for algal growth.