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Meyers Lake IA 02-CED-463

Black Hawk County S6T88NR12W at Waterloo.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Trophic
Hypereutrophic
Trend
Stable
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-00460-L_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Monitoring conducted in 1992 by ISU for Clean Lakes Classification study (1994).

Basis for Assessment

Continued to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LW) uses developed for the 1994 report (=FST).  This assessment was reviewed and approved by the DNR Fisheries Bureau.   No information available for developing an assessment of support of the Class A primary contact recreation uses.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
8/8/2001 Fixed Monitoring End Date
7/5/2000 Fixed Monitoring Start Date
Methods
120 Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals
222 Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)
340 Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 3
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A