Kirsten, The National Lakes Assessment includes some basic parameters as well as zooplankton and phytoplankton data:
http://water.epa.gov/type/lakes/lakessurvey_index.cfm Beth Davis Bowles, Ph.D. Research Specialist Bull Shoals Field Station Missouri State University ________________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirsten Harma [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Is there a Water Quality Index for lakes? Does anyone know if someone has developed a single, integrated water quality index that combines the basic parameters (Temp, DO, Conductivity, pH and secchi depth). We're curious if there is an easy way to categorize a lake as in "good" "fair" or "poor" condition based on such an index (along the lines of an Index of Biotic Integrity based on fish or macroinvertebrates). Kirsten Joy Harma Program Coordinator Lake Windermere Ambassadors Office: (250) 341-6898 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lakeambassadors.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
