Download or read book Limnological Information Supporting the Development of Regional Nutrient Criteria for Alaskan Lakes written by Jim A. Edmundson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports the results of a water quality and trophic assessment of seven urban lakes--Big Lake, Cottonwood Lake, Finger Lake, Knik Lake, Lorraine Lake, Threemile Lake and Wasilla Lake--located in the Knik Arm Watershed region of Southcentral Alaska. Salient limnological variables (e.g., transparency, nutrients and algal mass) were measured five times from May through October, 2001: five lakes were considered oligomesotrophic; two were mesoeutrophic.