Lake Husted

N. Fork Big Thompson
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

 

Overview

Elevation: 3380 m / 11,089 ft
Max Depth: m
Ave Depth: m
Surface Area: ha
Volume: 0 m3`
Spring-Summer
Thermal
Stratification:
Latitude: 40° 30.55000'
40.5091666°
Longitude: -105° 36.63333'
-105.6105556°
Basin: N. Fork Big Thompson

Hydrologic Connection

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Environmental Data & Lake Links

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Maps

 

Access

About a 20 mile round-trip hike from Dunraven Glen Road/ Lost Lake Trailhead, which lies outside of RMNP.

Description

 

# Samples Counted : 1
# Taxa Counted: 14

Collection Types:

Positions in Lake:

  • lake center

Row Phylum Name Basionym Synonyms #samples ID
1 Bacillariophyta Rhizosolenia eriensis 1 1112
2 Bacillariophyta Sphondylosium planum 1 1139
3 Bacillariophyta Tabellaria quadrisepta 1 1144
4 Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas sp. 1 2009
5 Chlorophyta Oocystis sp. 1 2056
6 Chlorophyta Sphaerocystis schroeteri 1 2104
7 Chrysophyta Mallomonas sp. 1 3020
8 Chrysophyta Unicellular flagellate 1 3022
9 Cryptophyta Cryptomonas erosa 1 4004
10 Cryptophyta Cryptomonas sp. 1 4008
11 Cryptophyta Rhodomonas minuta 1 4011
12 Cyanophyta Aphanothece sp. 1 5007
13 Cyanophyta Chroococcus dispersus 1 5036
14 Dinophyta Glenodinium sp. 1 8010

 

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.



Length
Width

Representative images missing for: Aphanothece sp. | Chlamydomonas sp. | Chroococcus dispersus | Cryptomonas erosa | Cryptomonas sp. | Glenodinium sp. | Mallomonas sp. | Oocystis sp. | Rhizosolenia eriensis | Rhodomonas minuta | Sphaerocystis schroeteri | Sphondylosium planum | Tabellaria quadrisepta | Unicellular flagellate |

Sample
ID
Coll.
Date
Samp
Depth (m)
Position
in Lake
Collection
Type
Citation
(counts)
Sample
Notes
#
Taxa
329 1985-09-08 0.0 lake center water citation short Notes 14

 

Citations -Count Data

McKnight, D. M., Miller, C., Smith, R. L. , Baron, J. A., & Spaulding, S. A. (1988). Phytoplankton population in lakes in Loch Vale, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: Sensitivity to acidic conditions and nitrate enrichment U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 88–4115. 102 pp. | Abstract