Overview
| Elevation: | 2956 m / 9,698 ft |
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| Max Depth: | m |
| Ave Depth: | m |
| Surface Area: | ha |
| Volume: | 0 m3` |
| Spring-Summer Thermal Stratification: |
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| Latitude: | 40° 18.00000' 40.3104333° |
| Longitude: | -105° 39.00000' -105.6518333° |
| Basin: | Nymph/Dream/Emerald |
Hydrologic Connection
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Environmental Data & Lake Links
Photos
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Maps
- Topographic, ~ 1: 24,000
- Topographic, ~ 1: 48,000
- Topographic, ~ 1: 100,000
- Topographic, ~ 1: 200,000
Access
About a 1 mile roundtrip hike from the Bear Lake Trailhead in RMNP (9475 ft).
Description
Nymph Lake is a seepage lake, isolated from two other lakes in the same glacially carved valley: Emerald and Dream Lakes. The landscape around Nymph Lake contains subalpine forests composed of Engleman spruce and subalpine fir. Lily pads are abundant in its littoral zone in summer. Decomposition of littoral vegetation results in a relatively high concentration of DOC (about 9-10 mg C L-1) compared to Emerald and Dream Lakes (about 1 mg C L-1) (Korch and Browning, unpublished data). This lake is visited frequently by hikers during the summer.
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Collection Types: |
Positions in Lake:
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| Row | Phylum | Name | Basionym | Synonyms | #samples | ID |
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| 1 | Chlorophyta | Chlamydomonas angulosa | 1 | 2007 | ||
| 2 | Chlorophyta | Chlamydomonas sp. 1 | 5 | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Chlorophyta | Chlamydomonas sp. 2 | 4 | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Chlorophyta | Chlamydomonas sp. 3 | 2 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Chlorophyta | Chlorella sp. | 5 | 2017 | ||
| 6 | Chlorophyta | Chlorococcum sp. | 1 | 2019 | ||
| 7 | Chlorophyta | Choricystis (Coccomyxa) minor | 5 | 2021 | ||
| 8 | Chlorophyta | Dictyosphaerium elegans | 1 | 2030 | ||
| 9 | Chlorophyta | Eutetramorus fottii | 3 | 2038 | ||
| 10 | Chlorophyta | Gymnozyga moniliformis | 2 | 2044 | ||
| 11 | Chlorophyta | Monoraphidium griffithii | 3 | 2047 | ||
| 12 | Chlorophyta | Oocystis gleocystiformis | 3 | 2054 | ||
| 13 | Chlorophyta | Scenedesmus aculeolatus | 1 | 2066 | ||
| 14 | Chlorophyta | Tetraedron minimum | 5 | 2079 | ||
| 15 | Chrysophyta | Bitrichia (Diceras) phaseolus | 2 | 3001 | ||
| 16 | Chrysophyta | Chromulina minutissima | 5 | 3002 | ||
| 17 | Chrysophyta | Chrysococcus cordiformis | 4 | 3006 | ||
| 18 | Chrysophyta | Chrysolykos planctonicus | 4 | 3009 | ||
| 19 | Chrysophyta | Dinobryon bavaricum | 5 | 3011 | ||
| 20 | Chrysophyta | Dinobryon borgei | 1 | 3012 | ||
| 21 | Chrysophyta | Dinobryon cylindricum | 1 | 3013 | ||
| 22 | Chrysophyta | Dinobryon sociale var. americanum | 4 | 3017 | ||
| 23 | Chrysophyta | Pseudokephyrion entzii | 5 | 3021 | ||
| 24 | Cryptophyta | Chroomonas acuta | 2 | 4002 | ||
| 25 | Cryptophyta | Cryptomonas marsonii | 2 | 4005 | ||
| 26 | Cyanophyta | Aphanocapsa delicatissima | 2 | 5003 | ||
| 27 | Cyanophyta | Aphanothece sp. | 5 | 5007 | ||
| 28 | Cyanophyta | Chroococcus sp. | 1 | 5009 | ||
| 29 | Cyanophyta | Lyngbya limnetica | 1 | 5016 | ||
| 30 | Cyanophyta | Merismopedia sp. | 3 | 5019 | ||
| 31 | Cyanophyta | Rhabdoderma sigmoidea | 3 | 5028 | ||
| 32 | Cyanophyta | Tetrarcus ilsteri | 1 | 5034 |
Images are not scaled. An individual that looks bigger than its neighbors might actually be smaller. All images were made to fit within an area of 360px high and 200px wide.
 Chlorella sp. Length 1-2 µm Width 1-2 µm |
 Chlorococcum sp. Length 8-10 µm Width 8-10 µm |
Representative images missing for: Aphanocapsa delicatissima | Aphanothece sp. | Bitrichia (Diceras) phaseolus | Chlamydomonas angulosa | Chlamydomonas sp. 1 | Chlamydomonas sp. 2 | Chlamydomonas sp. 3 | Choricystis (Coccomyxa) minor | Chromulina minutissima | Chroococcus sp. | Chroomonas acuta | Chrysococcus cordiformis | Chrysolykos planctonicus | Cryptomonas marsonii | Dictyosphaerium elegans | Dinobryon bavaricum | Dinobryon borgei | Dinobryon cylindricum | Dinobryon sociale var. americanum | Eutetramorus fottii | Gymnozyga moniliformis | Lyngbya limnetica | Merismopedia sp. | Monoraphidium griffithii | Oocystis gleocystiformis | Pseudokephyrion entzii | Rhabdoderma sigmoidea | Scenedesmus aculeolatus | Tetraedron minimum | Tetrarcus ilsteri |
| Sample ID |
Coll. Date |
Samp Depth (m) |
Position in Lake |
Collection Type |
Citation (counts) |
Sample Notes |
# Taxa |
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| 12 | 1991-09-28 | 0.0 | shore | water | citation short | 20 | |
| 13 | 1991-10-03 | 0.0 | shore | water | citation short | 18 | |
| 14 | 1991-10-08 | 0.0 | shore | water | citation short | 21 | |
| 15 | 1991-10-13 | 0.0 | shore | water | citation short | 18 | |
| 16 | 1991-10-21 | 0.0 | shore | water | citation short | 15 |
Citations -Count Data
Kolesar, S., McKnight, D., & Waters, S. (2002). Late fall phytoplankton dynamics in three lakes, Rocky Mountain National Park Hydrobiologia, Volume 472, 249-263 DOI: 10.1023/A:1016342007124 | Abstract
