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CHEMl LAKES NEW

by

Fisher and Environmenta Sciences

Department of Fisher and Oceans

logical

st.

This is the one hundred and twenty-seventh Technical Report from

the Rio Stat ion, St. Andrews,

Hinister of Supply and Services Canada

Cat. No. 97-6/962 ISSN 0706-6457

ication:

Can.

ABSTRACT

stry akes in New

The concentrations of various ions are discussed patterns duri the sampling, and local geology.

1980. 25

La concentr·ation des facteur·s ogiques,

, al

stry of ten akes

ver'S ions fait 1 0bjet djune discussion en rei uviosite au cours de la campagne et la geol

Can,. Fish.

on samples ten l Mosquito Lake, Robin Hood

/L HC03-) and had mean surrmer with mean 's of 6. 7-6.

and vlheaton about

concentrations indicate a

pH, l·ieather vectors, rainfal

major ions, geol

Can. Tech. Rep. Fish.

dans 1 'eau de x lacs du sud lacs Mosquito, Robin et etait de 5 a 6,0.

on avec le ie local e.

a lle/1 et neutral ite.

denote

de la pl e, les

preservative v.rcLs added ..

on ice or refrigerated tmtil

buffers ..

in kept

I

-2-

morainic are two or three cottages and fishing camps on t.he

STEll\ lJ-<6,KE

southwestertl corner.

CkEASEY

developed in Devonian granireo

KERR

-4-

trends occur ..

other Cl­ions

derived primarily from sources outside the prov

units~

increased loading~

i.e

the

in lr:lsh

Jef

of

-8-

Ls.ke

Robtn Hood

p

Year

Long.

67 65 °2 (J'

66°19 1

66°34'

10i.9

Nay 3-5

Chisholm (),.6

Distance

July

5 8<).

7-20

23.0

area (ha)

52 3000

38<J

area drainage area

8 67 91

5

44.8

---------------------

Sept. tor.al

102. .. 5

Table

Stein

Ju;lP

3-5 12-19

50 25

23*( 12 l 5 22 20

30

50

Aug~

9-17

n5 25 LD

20 22 35*

'' -' 35 42 65

Se Sept. S-7 22-27

55 60 58 23 25

')'-~J 18

20 20 19 25 22

14* 30 28

35 33 28* 40

55 60 57

Surfa e 's lakes surveyed for May-late September 978. Aster sks indicate values Which appear to be out of line with the major ty

3-5

the readings, are not lncluded in the mean ..

12-19

7" () 7. 1 5.9 5.6 5. 7.2*

.'j

7.2 7. 3*

Sept. 7-20 9-17 5-7

7. 5 8.n 7 ~ 7 7. 4* 6.8 6. 7

6.9 7.0 6.9 7.2 6.8

Se 22-27

6.9 7

7 .. l

(.

31

6.9

7.0

7. 7.

0 5.8

7 ;0 l \.Jhea ton 7. 4* 6.8 7.2 7.2 2 7.0 7.

- 1-

'i'abl.e

Lake iiJay June :uly

Creasey Kerr

7 illeasure­

ments 'He.re made in al.l

90

sampling lOO

Table 6 B. Normal i ze.d

*

Stein \..Jheaton

>r1ean

the

• 84 • 86

• 82

59 70

88

34

76 99 85

21

104

o.

o.

Cl- for Values

July

l.2i(l. • 88

,Cl • 88

l. 04

• 97

Late Sept ~ Sept ,. Mean

80 qr) 107 86 90 107 87 99 98

106 128 105 .. 5

• 007

wo

various lakes with res pee t parentheses Chisholm Lake

Aug • Se

• 98) i•

l. l. o • l. 24

.95 l. 22

.01 L l. 20

' '.

'.Jct:::nn i.e sources are given are r.he of the two

2-

cs

normal values as explained tn Table

28(29)

R(J l;(ll) 4(92) !t0(77) 3(88) 26(70)

12 ( 79 54)

.42 .os

. 88 "98 l. Creasey • 90 9' • '-! .99 Kerr .93 • 98 L.

.88 ! . • 88 .99 • 99

.84 ! . ( • 91) • 9tl) (i.

----~-~-------·--

8. >lonthly potassium

Aug.

32(24)

28(89) !9(8)) 26(170)

' "/ i" 1-T

; • 09 i. ()1,

l. 02 1.07 1.00

!. 05 (l. 03)

Late Re pt.

--------------

41(8'J)

• 14 .09

l. 13

33 ( 32) 18(30)

2

O(l GO) 0(187)

l. 04 • 98 • 99 • 98

!. 04

• 97

• 99 (. 98)

) 72)

(l.leq surface water sarnples calculated to be derived from

oceanic sources are given i.n fJ.:1renthe.ses,. Totdl concer:trations ;ore the the two

Aug. Sept. Mean

:1tld 22(1) 20(0) 22(l) 22 (1) 7(1) ( ) 8(0) 9(1 8(1) 4 ( l) 3( 2) 6(2) 4(1) )

l) ) 1 )

4(1) 13(2) 9(2)

Stein 1(2) 2 ( 1) 3(2) ]I ) ' \ .._) 3(2) 4(4 3(5) 4(6) 4(5)

7(2. 4. i. 4(2. o. 6. .7) s.

Table 9.

L._1..ke

Creasey Kerr

11. Stein

for 7 lakes

La.ke

I.OD

Chisholm Robin Hood C·1o squi to Cre2sc y

i·ionlb ly for 7

June

77

1(7)*

July

69(1 (8 (2

28(6) 10(20)

sur face water samples derived from

trations

Sept.

59(6 96(10) 79(8) 77(lG) 94(: 0) 63(20)

88

pt.

) 30(4) 16(18)

:-lean

54(7) il7(9 7il(il)

Mean

cunr :\mounts calculated

sources are given in parenthe:;es .. CWO

•?:>rruneously low ..

196(4) 1 97 ( 8)

-~----------------·-~--·---------~---~----

}1uti Lt60 70 100

(J 32 64 <10 52 <10 58

i06 Stein 144 \•!he a ton 15!+ 118 iil9 138

77

Se

b4S(i) l

201(4) j 97

579 160

30

l Sb ( 4)

569(2) )

145(4) 1(4) 191

( l;})

the

be

surface of l..a ke is considered

zP.rv for averaging ..

5G8 l04

2.4 26

102 i63 150

Tabll'

Bul Lon

Chisholm

Kerr

Steir: Wheaton

Fixed end-

Kobln Hood 32 ~1osqui 30 Creasey Kerr

-15-

To :a l in flee tion I.abora tory determinations

40 <l ()

·-----------------· -----------

Neans 1'16 J'!

"'

entrations four heavy s ( ~eq unfiltered w-ater samples taken from the various lakes; nm = t measurable,.

t.

Pb++ Mn++

0 .. r.-lg 56 0.88

0 o. 0.85 0.85

L 53

003 o. nm o. 73 o.oos u. 57 o. 038 0.006 u. 77 0.002 l. 25

(),. 031-t rl!'T! 0 .. 003 0.59 o. 05 7 rr:n fl."TT 0.36 nm 0.009 0.26 o. 03J nm 004 o. 70 021 0.004 o. 86 nm !. 07

Lake cu++ Cd ++ Pb++ Mn++ pH

7. 0

Creasey (J.OJ"l i). 007 Kerr o. 02 3 lJI!l 0.003 0.69 6 .. 6

o. 03 003 o. 86 !.

o.

-lli-

probably due LO erroneously lo• . .;r HCOJ- dPtcn:Jinrttinn~

Mud Bo1 to'1 109* Chisholm -6 -ll

l\j

-34 2l, -5 ·-5

-22 23 24

-2) J.O -o 39

-9 54 21 -35

-2S -4

-2

Lh -2C

-3 -5

'30

l'J

the ten surveyed The lakes

: l. ~1ud;

Robin Hood; 5 .. Mosquito; 9. 'till; and

lakes and

plus measu~ements of cemperat11re, pH

tivity

drainage

i\r rry,vs - direction of water flow ..

-17-

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

• 4

t N

I

Mosquito

• 7

8

0 Q

Fig.

E

0

0 l-

John Airpori

l patterns through Nay-September) St. Biological Station and

Andrews as

Fig~ 16 ~ total ionic composition surface ~,..,rater samples (each point a sean for seven lakes) as

Increase in

_L ____ _l_ __ ~-

from Line

I_ cy L •

JL)

concentrations calculated to be vs .. is

Alk.a.linity titration curves each of :surveyed<!! were per formed in

the. pH

-24-

600

plot ted as TI1e ionic composition lakes surveyed, as derived from oceanic sources, from other sources, composition (sum of the previous two). are ordered that distance

coast as one progresses from left

Di trogen and -) concentrations ( in surface water samples the various lakes

Late Lake Sept 0

Hud 400 <!0 < <10 Bolton 150 <!0 <iO <!0 Chisholm 5(J <10 <10 <10 Robin <10 Mosquito Creasey Kerr Mill 1400 Stein <10 <10 20 10 Wheaton 50 <10 <10 <10

Phosphorus concentrations ( ~ g/L) surface samples from the various lakes.. * indicates not included in determinatton of means

Lake Msy Aug. Sept'

10 12 12 9 ll ll 4 8 li 16 74*

.) 2 2 2

Kerr 12 13

5 21 <l q h 0 ll

APPENDIX

concentrations (mg/L) surface water various lakes. Determinations were made on Se

flo l ton Chisholm

0.2 Creasey Kerr Mill Stein Wheaton

La Sept.

o. l l.l o,. l 1 .. 4 o. l. 5 1.2

• 6 1. 4 0 .. 2

Late Sept. Mean

10 7 8

11 3 3

2

5 !0

7 8

from the