Note: The information below along with associated graphics was generated using provisional data and it is subject to change.
Lake Okeechobee daily mean water quality measurements from sondes deployed at interior lake monitoring locations.
Thresholds of concern and risk identified for Chlorophyll (20 and 40 µg/L) and Phycocyanin (40 µg/L) are based on Cotterill et al 2019 & Macário et al 2015.
Water temperatures above 25 ºC are optimal for cyanobacterial growth in water column (planktonic cyanobacteria) based on
Paerl, H. W., & Huisman, J. (2008). Blooms like it hot. Science, 320(5872), 57–58 and,
Reynolds, C. S. (2006). The ecology of phytoplankton. Cambridge University Press.
Image credit: The images were derived from Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite data from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and were processed by NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.
Daily Lake Okeechobee stage in relation to the Lake Okeechobee Ecological Envelope and Regulation Schedule (LOSOM).
Mean stage in feet NGVD29 recorded at station L OKEE (USACOE).
Major inflows (orange) to and outflows east and west (blue) from Lake Okeechobee. Outflows south are shown in green.
Flows into Lake Okeechobee from the L-8 canal through S-271 or from the C-44 canal through S-308 are included as inflows.
Flows from Lake Okeechobee into those canals are considered outflows.
Outflows through S-77 and S-308 are based on downstream gauges.
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