Dream Lake

Nymph/Dream/Emerald
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

Lakes:

 

Overview

Elevation: 3018 m / 9,902 ft
Max Depth: m
Ave Depth: m
Surface Area: ha
Volume: 0 m3`
Spring-Summer
Thermal
Stratification:
Latitude: 40° 18.00000'
40.3091666°
Longitude: -105° 39.00000'
-105.6592167°
Basin: Nymph/Dream/Emerald

Hydrologic Connection

Lake Above : Emerald Lake
Lake Below:

Environmental Data & Lake Links

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Maps

 

Access

About a 2.2 mile round-trip hike from the Bear Lake Trailhead in RMNP (9475 ft).

Description

The landscape around Dream Lake contains subalpine forests composed of Engleman spruce and subalpine fir. This lake is visited frequently by hikers during the summer.

 

# Samples Counted : 6
# Taxa Counted: 23

Collection Types:

Positions in Lake:

  • shore
  • outlet

Row Phylum Name Basionym Synonyms #samples ID
1 Bacillariophyta Achnanthes linearis Achnanthidium lineare W. Smith 4 1009
2 Bacillariophyta Melosira lirata 3 1066
3 Bacillariophyta Rhizosolenia eriensis 2 1112
4 Bacillariophyta Synedra radians 2 1123
5 Bacillariophyta Synedra rumpens var. familiaris 2 1125
6 Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas angulosa 1 2007
7 Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas sp. 1 3 2010
8 Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas sp. 2 1 2011
9 Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas sp. 3 1 2012
10 Chlorophyta Chlorella sp. 6 2017
11 Chlorophyta Chlorococcum sp. 3 2019
12 Chlorophyta Choricystis (Coccomyxa) minor 5 2021
13 Chlorophyta Eutetramorus fottii 2 2038
14 Chrysophyta Chromulina minutissima 3 3002
15 Chrysophyta Chrysococcus sp. 3 3007
16 Chrysophyta Desmarella sp.(moniliformis?) 3 3010
17 Chrysophyta Dinobryon cylindricum 1 3013
18 Cryptophyta Chroomonas acuta 6 4002
19 Cryptophyta Cryptomonas marsonii 3 4005
20 Cyanophyta Aphanothece sp. 2 5007
21 Cyanophyta Lyngbya limnetica 3 5016
22 Cyanophyta Oscillatoria limnetica 1 5024
23 Haptophyta Chrysochromulina sp. 2 7001

 

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
Chrysochromulina sp.
Length 2.3-3 µm
Width 3-4.5 µm

Chrysococcus sp.
Length 10-15µm
Width 10-15 µm

Representative images missing for: Achnanthes linearis | Aphanothece sp. | Chlamydomonas angulosa | Chlamydomonas sp. 1 | Chlamydomonas sp. 2 | Chlamydomonas sp. 3 | Choricystis (Coccomyxa) minor | Chromulina minutissima | Chroomonas acuta | Cryptomonas marsonii | Desmarella sp.(moniliformis?) | Dinobryon cylindricum | Eutetramorus fottii | Lyngbya limnetica | Melosira lirata | Oscillatoria limnetica | Rhizosolenia eriensis | Synedra radians | Synedra rumpens var. familiaris |

Sample
ID 		Coll.
Date		 Samp
Depth (m)		 Position
in Lake 		Collection
Type		 Citation
(counts)		 Sample
Notes		 #
Taxa
1 1991-09-28 0.0 outlet water citation short 16
2 1991-10-03 0.0 shore water citation short 6
3 1991-10-08 0.0 shore water citation short 5
4 1991-10-13 0.0 shore water citation short 5
5 1991-10-21 0.0 shore water citation short 14
6 1991-10-29 0.0 shore water citation short 16

 

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