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Baseline water quality of Long Meadow Lake, Ponds AP-9 and AP-10, and Black Dog Creek, Hennepin and Dakota counties, Minnesota

Open-File Report 77-424
Prepared in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77424

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Abstract

Long Meadow Lake, Black Dog Creek, and Ponds AP-9 and AP-10 which lie in an area designated for a trunk highway bridge crossing the Minnesota River, were sampled for baseline water quality prior to construction of the bridge. Data collected show that dissolved solids fluctuate seasonally. Dissolved oxygen:/ranged from less than 1 milligram per liter under an ice cover to 13-9 milligrams per liter in the September sample at site 4 in Long Meadow Lake. The phytoplankton analyses showed pulses in algae populations, blue-green algae being the dominant type in at least one sample from each of the water courses.

Suggested Citation

Payne, G.A., 1977, Baseline water quality of Long Meadow Lake, Ponds AP-9 and AP-10, and Black Dog Creek, Hennepin and Dakota counties, Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-424, v, 56 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77424.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

ISSN: 0196-1497 (print)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Baseline water quality of Long Meadow Lake, Ponds AP-9 and AP-10, and Black Dog Creek, Hennepin and Dakota counties, Minnesota
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 77-424
DOI 10.3133/ofr77424
Year Published 1977
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location St. Paul, MN
Contributing office(s) Minnesota Water Science Center
Description v, 56 p.
Country United States
State Minnesota
Other Geospatial Long Meadow Lake, Ponds AP-9 and AP-10, and Black Dog Creek
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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