Monthly fluorescence, oxygen, and temperature profiles for Moose Pond’s north basin. Chlorophyll concentration (green line), dissolved oxygen concentration (blue line), and temperature data (red line) were collected at every meter from the surface to the bottom from May through September.
Fluorescence reading were fairly uniform throughout the water column in May and September. The months of June and August showed slight peaks but at different depths. Readings were significantly elevated in July, which is not uncommon in Moose Pond’s north basin and may be related to the particular species of algae present in the waterbody
Gloeotrichia echinulata (a type of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) commonly found in low-nutrient waters) can be seen with the naked eye. Gloeo density is reported as a value ranging from 0 – 6, based on the number of Gloeo colonies seen through a Secchi scope. Higher values indicate more Gloeo colonies. The north basin’s Gloeotrichia echenulata colonies, less than 1 on the Gloeo density scale, were observed beginning in mid-August this year.
