Assessed through a interagency partnership with MPCA's Water Monitoring Section
Parameters assessed in each sentinel lake and available through MPCA's Environmental Data Access application:
- Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen
- Conductivity
- pH
- Phytoplankton*
- Total Phosphorus
- Nitrogen parameters
- Chlorophyll a
- Secchi depth
- Pheophytin
- Total Suspended Solids
- Total Suspended Volatiles
- Color
- Alkalinity
- Chloride
- Dissolved Organic Carbon
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Sodium
- Sulfate
- Good Growth Habitat Volume**
- Temperature at Dissolved Oxygen levels of 3 mg/L**
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*Data not online but available at request, please contact PCA Research Scientist Steve Heiskary (
[email protected]) for specific inquiries regarding sentinel lake water quality monitoring**Indicators of thermal habitat quantity and quality derived from Temperature-Dissolved Oxygen profiles. For more information contact DNR Habitat Research Supervisor Peter Jacobson (
[email protected])
