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Classification of Idaho's freshwater lakes Item Info
![This study had three general goals: (1) To develop a working definition of lake quality or trophic status for Idaho lakes, (2) To develop a procedure for incorporating descriptive data in a lake prioritization scheme for management actions, and (3) To complete a priority ranking for a representative sample of Idaho lakes. The major results of this study are the development of a trophic status classification methodology, the trophic status rankings or classifications of 85 Idaho lakes and reservoirs, the development of a priority classification methodology, and priority rankings or assignments of 85 lakes and reservoirs. The trophic status classification methodology, while based on similar trophic status descriptors described in the literature, is unique in that it considers more lake and watershed variables. Unique features include (1) the wide variety of variables describing water quality/lake features and (2) the analysis of these lake conditions in the context of lake groupings which recognize variations in watershed geomorphology is illustrated in this report by application to 85 lakes and reservoirs representing a wide variety of trophic conditions. [...]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/iwdl/small/iwdl-198315_sm.jpg)
- Title:
- Classification of Idaho's freshwater lakes
- Authors:
- Milligan, James H.; Lyman, R. Ashley; Falter, C. Michael; Krumpe, Edwin E.; Carlson, John E.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1983-06
- Description:
- This study had three general goals: (1) To develop a working definition of lake quality or trophic status for Idaho lakes, (2) To develop a procedure for incorporating descriptive data in a lake prioritization scheme for management actions, and (3) To complete a priority ranking for a representative sample of Idaho lakes. The major results of this study are the development of a trophic status classification methodology, the trophic status rankings or classifications of 85 Idaho lakes and reservoirs, the development of a priority classification methodology, and priority rankings or assignments of 85 lakes and reservoirs. The trophic status classification methodology, while based on similar trophic status descriptors described in the literature, is unique in that it considers more lake and watershed variables. Unique features include (1) the wide variety of variables describing water quality/lake features and (2) the analysis of these lake conditions in the context of lake groupings which recognize variations in watershed geomorphology is illustrated in this report by application to 85 lakes and reservoirs representing a wide variety of trophic conditions. [...]
- Subjects:
- Lakes Trophic level Geomorphology Lake classification
- IWRRI number:
- 198315
- Rights:
- Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
- Publisher:
- Idaho Water and Energy Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Idaho
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Cataloger:
- KIT
- Date Digitized:
- 2017-08-28
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Classification of Idaho's freshwater lakes", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-198315.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/