Overview

Elevation:	3072 m / 10,079 ft
Max Depth:	m
Ave Depth:	m
Surface Area:	ha
Volume:	0 m3`
Spring-Summer Thermal Stratification:
Latitude:	40° 18.00000' 40.3094000°
Longitude:	-105° 40.00000' -105.6760000°
Basin:	Nymph/Dream/Emerald

Hydrologic Connection

Lake Above :
Lake Below:	Dream Lake

Environmental Data & Lake Links

• RMNP Research Data

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

Description

Emerald Lake is surrounded by a landscape of organic-poor talus slope, which contains few trees. It is visited frequently by hikers during the summer.

 

# Samples Counted : 6 # Taxa Counted: 29

Collection Types: water

Positions in Lake: shore outlet

Row	Phylum	Name	Basionym	Synonyms	#samples	ID
1	Bacillariophyta	Achnanthes linearis	Achnanthidium lineare W. Smith		2	1009
2	Bacillariophyta	Gomphonema sp.			1	1061
3	Bacillariophyta	Hantzschia amphioxys			1	1064
4	Bacillariophyta	Melosira lirata			2	1066
5	Bacillariophyta	Navicula contenta var. biceps			1	1071
6	Bacillariophyta	Surirella angusta			1	1116
7	Chlorophyta	Ankyra lanceolata			4	2006
8	Chlorophyta	Chlamydomonas sp. 1			4	2010
9	Chlorophyta	Chlamydomonas sp. 2			2	2011
10	Chlorophyta	Chlamydomonas sp. 3			1	2012
11	Chlorophyta	Chlorella sp.			4	2017
12	Chlorophyta	Chlorococcum sp.			1	2019
13	Chlorophyta	Choricystis (Coccomyxa) minor			6	2021
14	Chlorophyta	Dictyosphaerium elegans			2	2030
15	Chlorophyta	Eutetramorus fottii			5	2038
16	Chlorophyta	Gloeocystis sp.			1	2041
17	Chlorophyta	Gonium sociale			1	2042
18	Chlorophyta	Monoraphidium griffithii			1	2047
19	Chlorophyta	Pleodorina californicum			1	2062
20	Chlorophyta	Scenedesmus aculeolatus			1	2066
21	Chrysophyta	Chromulina minutissima			1	3002
22	Cryptophyta	Chroomonas acuta			5	4002
23	Cyanophyta	Anabaena sp.			1	5001
24	Cyanophyta	Aphanocapsa delicatissima			1	5003
25	Cyanophyta	Lyngbya (Leptolygnbya) nana			1	5015
26	Cyanophyta	Lyngbya limnetica			2	5016
27	Cyanophyta	Lyngbya nana			2	5017
28	Cyanophyta	Nostoc sp.			1	5022
29	Cyanophyta	Synechocystis sp.			1	5033

 

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: Achnanthes linearis | Anabaena sp. | Ankyra lanceolata | Aphanocapsa delicatissima | Chlamydomonas sp. 1 | Chlamydomonas sp. 2 | Chlamydomonas sp. 3 | Choricystis (Coccomyxa) minor | Chromulina minutissima | Chroomonas acuta | Dictyosphaerium elegans | Eutetramorus fottii | Gloeocystis sp. | Gomphonema sp. | Gonium sociale | Hantzschia amphioxys | Lyngbya (Leptolygnbya) nana | Lyngbya limnetica | Lyngbya nana | Melosira lirata | Monoraphidium griffithii | Navicula contenta var. biceps | Nostoc sp. | Pleodorina californicum | Scenedesmus aculeolatus | Surirella angusta | Synechocystis sp. |

Sample ID	Coll. Date	Samp Depth (m)	Position in Lake	Collection Type	Citation (counts)	Sample Notes	# Taxa
7	1991-09-28	0.0	shore	water	citation short		15
17	1991-09-28	0.0	outlet	water	citation short		13
8	1991-10-03	0.0	shore	water	citation short		7
9	1991-10-08	0.0	shore	water	citation short		6
10	1991-10-13	0.0	shore	water	citation short		7
11	1991-10-21	0.0	shore	water	citation short		9

 

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