Trophic State of Alberta Lakes Based on Average Chlorophyll-A
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Created Feb 2013 TROPHIC STATE OF ALBERTA LAKES Based On Average (May-October) Chlorophyll-a Concentrations Chlorophyll-a (µg/L) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 * Adamson Lake Alix Lake * Amisk Lake * Angling Lake Oligotrophic * ‡ Antler Lake Arm Lake (Low Productivity) * Astotin Lake * ‡ Athabasca (Lake) - Off Delta (<2.5 µg/L) Baptiste Lake - North Basin Baptiste Lake - South Basin Mesotrophic * ‡ Bare Creek Res. * ‡ Barrier Lake (Moderate Productivity) ‡ Battle Lake * † Battle River Res. (Forestburg) (2.5 - 8 µg/L) Beartrap Lake Beauvais Lake Eutrophic Beaver Lake * Bellevue Lake (High Productivity) * † Big Lake - East Basin * † Big Lake - West Basin (8 - 25 µg/L) * Blackfalds Lake * † Blackmud Lake Hypereutrophic * ‡ Blood Indian Res. Bluet (South Garnier Lake) (Very High Productivity) ‡ Bonnie Lake † Borden Lake (>25 µg/L) * ‡ Bourque Lake ‡ Buck Lake Buffalo Lake - Main Basin Buffalo Lake - Secondary Bay * † Buffalo Lake (By Boyle) † Burntstick Lake Calling Lake * † Capt Eyre Lake † Cardinal Lake * ‡ Carolside Res. - Berry Creek Res. † Chain Lakes Res. - North Basin † Chain Lakes Res.- South Basin Chestermere Lake * † Chickakoo Lake * † Chickenhill Lake * Chin Coulee Res. * Clairmont Lake Clear (Barns) Lake Clear Lake ‡ Coal Lake * ‡ Cold Lake - English Bay ‡ Cold Lake - West Side ‡ Cooking Lake † Cow Lake * Crawling Valley Res. Crimson Lake Crowsnest Lake * † Cutbank Lake Dillberry Lake * Driedmeat Lake ‡ Eagle Lake ‡ Elbow Lake Elkwater Lake Ethel Lake * Fawcett Lake * † Fickle Lake * † Figure Eight Lake * Fishing Lake * Flyingshot Lake * Fork Lake * ‡ Fox Lake Res. Frog Lake † Garner Lake Garnier Lake (North) * George Lake * † Ghost Res. - Inside Bay * † Ghost Res. - Inside Breakwater ‡ Ghost Res. - Near Cochrane * Gleniffer Lake (Dickson Res.) * † Glenmore Res. - Head Pond * † Glenmore Res. - Heritage Cove * † Glenmore Res. - Middle Cell * † Glenmore Res. - Weasel Head † Goose Lake * ‡ Gooseberry Lake - East Basin * ‡ Gooseberry Lake - West Basin Gregg Lake Gregoire Lake Gull Lake Half Moon Lake * ‡ Hanna Res. * † Hardisty Lake * Hastings Lake * † Haunted Lake (By Alix) Hilda Lake * † Hutch Lake Res. * ‡ Iosegun Lake ‡ Island Lake Isle Lake * † Islet Lake Jackfish Lake (By Carvel) Jarvis Lake * ‡ Jensen Res. * † Jessie Lake * ‡ Joseph Lake Kehiwin Lake * ‡ Keho Lake Res. * Kinosiu Lake † La Biche (Lac) - East Basin ‡ La Biche (Lac) - West Basin La Nonne (Lac) Laurier Lake † Legend Lake (L25) † Lesser Slave Lake - East Basin † Lesser Slave Lake - West Basin * Little Beaver Lake 195.65 * ‡ Little Bow Res. * ‡ Little Fish Lake † Long Island Lake - North Basin † Long Island Lake - South Basin Long Lake (By Boyle) † Long Lake (By Pigeon Lake) Lower Kananaskis Lake * † Lower Mann Lake * Machesis Lake * Magee (Lower Chain) Lake Marie Lake * ‡ Mary Gregg Lake † Matchayaw Lake * Mayatan Lake ‡ McGregor (Lake) Mcleod Lake * Middle Chain Lake (By Ponoka) * ‡ Milk River Ridge Res. * Mink Lake Minnie Lake Miquelon Lake * Mons Lake Moonshine Lake Moore (Crane) Lake Moose Lake ‡ Muriel Lake * ‡ Musreau Lake Nakamun Lake Newell (Lake) Res. North Buck Lake * Oldman Res. * ‡ Orloff Lake * Oster Lake * ‡ Paddle River Res. † Pakowki Lake * Park Lake * † Parr Res. Pigeon Lake Pine Coulee Res. - North Basin Pine Coulee Res. - South Basin Pine Lake * ‡ Pinehurst Lake - Main † Police Outpost Lake * ‡ Primrose Lake - North Basin * ‡ Primrose Lake - South Basin * Red Deer Lake Euphotic Reesor Lake Res. * ‡ Rock Island Lake ‡ Saint Cyr (Lac) ‡ Sandy Lake - North Basin † Sandy Lake - South Basin Sante (Lac) Saskatoon Lake † Shorncliffe Lake Skeleton Lake - North Basin Skeleton Lake - South Basin * ‡ Smoke Lake * Snipe Lake ‡ South Heart Res. * ‡ Spray Lakes Res. * ‡ Spring Lake Spruce Coulee Res. * ‡ St. Mary Res. † Ste. Anne (Lac) - East Side † Ste. Anne (Lac) - West Side Steele (Cross) Lake Stoney (Siler) Lake Sturgeon Lake - Main Basin * Sulphur Lake * † Swan Lake (By Caroline) * Swan Lake (By Valleyview) Sylvan Lake † Thunder Lake * ‡ Tilley A Res. Touchwood Lake † Travers Res. ‡ Tucker Lake Twin Valley Res. - Central Basin Twin Valley Res. - Mosquito Basin Twin Valley Res. - West Basin * † Tyrrell Lake † Unnamed Lake (L4) † Unnamed Lake (L7) * Upper Chain Lake (By Ponoka) Upper Kananaskis Lake * † Upper Mann Lake * † Utikuma Lake * † Vincent Lake Wabamun Lake - East Basin Wabamun Lake - West Basin * Wakomoa Lake * Wapasu Lake * Waterton Res. * Whitefish Lake Winagami Lake Wizard Lake Wolf Lake * † Women's Coulee Res. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 Average values calculated from three most recent years of data; * Average calculated from less than three annual means; † Average includes (some or all) data between 10-20 years old; ‡ Average includes (some or all) data greater than 20 years old.