Lake Louise

N. Fork Big Thompson
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

 

Overview

Elevation: 3365 m / 11,040 ft
Max Depth: m
Ave Depth: m
Surface Area: ha
Volume: 0 m3`
Spring-Summer
Thermal
Stratification:
Latitude: 40° 30.46660'
40.5077777°
Longitude: -105° 37.21666'
-105.6202778°
Basin: N. Fork Big Thompson

Hydrologic Connection

Lake Above :
Lake Below: unnamed

Environmental Data & Lake Links

Photos

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Maps

 

Access

About a 22 mile round-trip hike from Dunraven Glen Road/ Lost Lake Trailhead, which lies outside of RMNP.

Description

 

# Samples Counted : 1
# Taxa Counted: 9

Collection Types:

Positions in Lake:

  • lake center

Row Phylum Name Basionym Synonyms #samples ID
1 Bacillariophyta Fragilaria pinnata 1 1054
2 Bacillariophyta Gloecystis sp. 1 1145
3 Bacillariophyta Melosira lirata 1 1066
4 Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. acicularis 1 2003
5 Chlorophyta Chlorella sp. 1 2017
6 Chlorophyta Scenedesmus serratus 1 2069
7 Chlorophyta Schroederia judayi 1 2097
8 Chrysophyta Mallomonas akrokomas 1 3026
9 Cryptophyta Cryptomonas erosa 1 4004

 

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

Representative images missing for: Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. acicularis | Cryptomonas erosa | Fragilaria pinnata | Gloecystis sp. | Mallomonas akrokomas | Melosira lirata | Scenedesmus serratus | Schroederia judayi |

Sample
ID
Coll.
Date
Samp
Depth (m)
Position
in Lake
Collection
Type
Citation
(counts)
Sample
Notes
#
Taxa
330 1985-09-08 0.0 lake center water citation short Notes 9

 

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