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2009 ANNUAL MONITORING PROGRAM
LIBRARY INDEX

01-Lake and Watershed Information
02-Ambient Monitoring Program Background
03-Methodology for 2009 Program
04-Department of Water Environment Protection Actions: 2009
05-Tributary Monitoring Results
06-Onondaga Lake Results: Physical Parameters and Habitat Conditions
07-Onondaga Lake Results: Chemical Parameters
08-Onondaga Lake Results: Biology
09-Seneca River conditions
10-2009 Analytical data disk
11-Supporting Documents

• 01-Lake and Watershed Information
• 1.1-Summary: Regulatory classification of tributaries
• 1.2-List of impaired waters 303(d)
• 1.3-NYSDEC fish stocking activities 2009
• 1.4-Bathymetric map of Onondaga Lake
• 1.5-Climate statistics
• 1.5.1-NOAA Syracuse Hancock Airport precipitation and temperature data table
• 1.5.2-NOAA monthly precipitation and temperature graphs
• 1.5.3-NOAA monthly precipitation graph
• 1.6-Land cover change, 1992 to 2009
• 1.7-Bibliography of relevant information on lake and watershed
• 02-Ambient Monitoring Program Background
• 2.1-Summary of management questions and decision analysis
• 2.2-Summary metrics – measuring progress towards improvement
• 2.3-Flow Chart of decisions and responsibilities
• 2.4-Objectives and structure of the AMP
• 2.5-AMP elements related to ACJ
• 2.6-DAIP
• 2.7-Progress towards improvement tables
• 2.7.1-Phosphorus
• 2.7.2-Chlorophyll-a
• 2.7.3-Secchi
• 2.7.4-Macrophytes
• 2.7.5-Dissolved Oxygen
• 2.7.6-Ammonia
• 2.7.7-Nitrite
• 2.7.8-Bacteria
• 2.7.9-Phytoplankton
• 2.7.10-Metaphyton
• 2.7.11-Zooplankton
• 2.7.12-Fish
• 2.8-Amended Consent Judgment Stipulation 4, November 2009
• 03-Methodology for 2009 Program
• 3.1-Summary of tributary and inflow monitoring locations
• 3.2-Annual approved monitoring and sampling workplan
• 3.3-2009 Quality Control Report
• 3.4-Lake Monitoring Audit Memorandum, EcoLogic May 5, 2009
• 3.5-Tributary Monitoring Audit Memorandum, EcoLogic May 27, 2009
• 3.6-AMP Proficiency Test Sample-Environment Canada, OCDWEP Memorandum, October 8, 2009
• 04-Department of Water Environment Protection Actions: 2009
• 4.1-Map of CSO areas
• 4.2-Metro design volumes
• 4.3-Metro Performance Details for 2009
• 4.3.1-Metro SPDES limit exceedances 2009
• 4.3.2-Metro-ammonia SPDES compliance-2009
• 4.3.3-Metro-total phosphorus SPDES compliance-2009
• 4.3.4-Metro effluent total phosphorus concentrations, 2008-2009
• 4.3.5-Metro effluent nitrogen species concentrations, 2003-2009
• 4.3.6-Metro effluent ammonia seasonal concentrations, 1995-2009
• 4.3.7-Secondary bypass volumes (Outfall 002), 2009
• 4.3.8-Headworks bypasses (Outfall 001), 2009
• 4.3.9-Sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) event summary 2009
• 4.3.10-Combined sewer overflows (CSO) facility quarterly reports summary 2009
• 4.3.11-CSO construction projects underway
• 05-Tributary Monitoring Results
• 5.1-Tributaries USGS flow records, 2009
• 5.2-Concentration data: flow-weighted and annual averages
• 5.2.1-Flow-weighted average AutoFlux Meth5-2009
• 5.2.2-10-Year trend in concentration (1999-2009)
• 5.2.3-Tributary mercury results, 2009
• 5.2.4-Onondaga Creek fecal coliform bacteria, 2009
• 5.2.5-Harbor Brook fecal coliform bacteria, 2009
• 5.2.6-Ninemile and Ley Creeks fecal coliform bacteria, 2009
• 5.3-Loading data
• 5.3.1-Loading of major water quality parameters to Onondaga Lake, 2009
• 5.3.2-Historical loading of major water quality parameters, 1990-2009
• 5.3.3-Percent loading by gauged inflow, 2009
• 5.3.4-Metro total phosphorus loading with precipitation, 1990-2009
• 5.3.5-Watershed total phosphorus loading, wet and dry years
• 5.3.6-Total phosphorus external loading to Onondaga Lake by Water Year compared with South Deep summer total phosphorus concentrations for upper waters, 1990-2009
• 5.3.7- Sources of Phosphorus Loading to Onondaga Lake Over Time
• 5.3.8- Linear regression of total phosphorus loading from Metro with Onondaga Lake phosphorus concentration
• 5.3.9- Metro and Tributary Sources of Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) to Onondaga Lake, 1998-2009
• 5.4-Onondaga Creek - Route 20 and Spencer Street data
• 5.4.1-Precipitation data
• 5.4.2-Analytical results
• 5.4.3-Precipitation and stream discharge data
• 5.4.4-In-situ sonde data
• 5.4.5-Phosphorus data with precipitation data
• 5.4.6-Solids and total kjeldahl nitrogen results with precipitation data
• 5.4.7-Onondaga Creek rural phosphorus, 2009
• 5.5-Onondaga Creek at Spencer Street, hydrograph with precipitation
• 5.6-Onondaga Creek at Spencer Street, storm events data
• 5.7-Onondaga Creek at Spencer Street, storm events analysis
• 5.8-Dry and wet weather tributary bacteria analyses
• 5.8.1-Tributaries fecal coliform bacteria loading, wet and dry years
• 5.8.2-Tributaries fecal coliform bacteria, high and low flow conditions by site
• 5.8.3-Fecal coliform bacteria during summer base flow, 1999-2009
• 5.8.4-Onondaga Creek fecal coliform bacteria geometric means, 1993-2009
• 5.8.5-Harbor Brook fecal coliform bacteria geometric means, 1993-2009
• 5.8.6-Ninemile Creek and Ley Creek fecal coliform bacteria geometric means, 1993-2009
• 5.8.7-Tributaries (Onondaga Creek, Harbor Brook, Ley Creek, and Ninemile Creek) fecal coliform bacteria during wet and dry weather, 2009
• 06-Onondaga Lake Results: Physical Parameters and Habitat Conditions
• 6.0-2009 Secchi disk transparency results measured at Onondaga Lake South Deep station
• 6.1-Water clarity: LiCor and Secchi disk transparency analyses
• 6.1.1-Lake nearshore water clarity conditions measured as Secchi disk transparency during 2009
• 6.1.2-Lake light extinction data (Licor) paired with chlorophyll-a data, 2009
• 6.1.3-Lake light extinction data (Licor) statistics, 1996-2009
• 6.1.4-Lake light extinction data (Licor) with Secchi disk transparency, 1996-2009
• 6.1.5-Lake Secchi disk transparency statistics and compliance, 1990-2009
• 6.2-Temperature records
• 6.2.1-Onondaga Lake North Basin lower waters temperature summary
• 6.2.2-Onondaga Lake North Basin upper waters temperature summary
• 6.2.3-Onondaga Lake South Basin lower waters temperature summary
• 6.2.4-Onondaga Lake South Basin upper waters temperature summary
• 6.3-Ice cover, 1987-2009
• 07-Onondaga Lake Results: Chemical Parameters
• 7.1-Dissolved Oxygen- includes buoy data
• 7.1.1-Lake dissolved oxygen (DO) field profiles minimum during fall turnover, 1990-2009
• 7.1.2-Lake South Deep, volume days of anoxia, 1992-2009
• 7.1.3-Lake field DO profiles, fall 2009
• 7.1.4-Lake field DO profiles - earliest date at which anoxic conditions occur in lower waters, indicating stratification, 1990-2009
• 7.1.5-Lake minimum DO percent saturation, 1993-2009
• 7.1.6-2009 temporal pattern of dissolved oxygen (DO) at 2 and 12 meter depths in Onondaga Lake
• 7.2-Nitrogen
• 7.2.1-ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and compliance, 2009
• 7.2.2-Lake concentrations of ammonia by depths, 2009
• 7.2.3-Onondaga Lake South nitrate annual averages with maximum and minimum concentrations in upper (UML) and lower (LWL) waters
• 7.2.4-Onondaga Lake South SRP, Nitrate and Dissolved Oxygen in lower waters, 2000-2008
• 7.3- Lake summer average total phosphorus concentrations, 1990-2009
• 7.4-Other parameters
• 7.5-Low-level mercury (Hg) results
• 7.5.1-Lake total and methyl Hg, low level results, 2009
• 7.5.2-Lake total and methyl Hg trends, 1999-2009
• 7.6-North and South Deep stations paired sample comparison
• 7.6.1-North and South Deep comparison - description
• 7.6.2-Comparison of South and North data, April 9, 2009
• 7.6.3-Comparison of South and North data, June 16, 2009
• 7.6.4-Comparison of South and North data, September 22, 2009
• 7.6.5-Comparison of South and North data, November 17, 2009
• 7.6.6-Statistical comparison of average results of parameters, 1999-2009
• 7.6.7-Summary of parameters with statistically significant differences, 1999-2009
• 08-Onondaga Lake Results: Biology
• 8.1-Lake fecal coliform and E. coli bacteria compliance, 2009
• 8.2-Chlorophyll-a
• 8.2.1-Lake chlorophyll-a concentrations, 2009
• 8.2.2-Lake algal bloom frequency, 1999-2009
• 8.2.3-Lake spring total phosphorus concentrations and algal bloom frequency, 1999-2009
• 8.2.4-Lake spring total phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentrations, 1999-2009
• 8.2.5- Linear regression of TP loading from Metro with Onondaga Lake South Deep summer chlorophyll-a concentrations over time
• 8.3-Lower Trophic
• 8.3.0-Assessing Community Structure of Lower Trophic Levels in Onondaga Lake, New York in 2009 (Rudstam, Siefert, and Swan)
• 8.3.1-Lake zooplankton size compared with alewife catch rates, 1999-2009
• 8.3.2-Lake zooplankton size compared with Secchi disk transparency, 1999-2009
• 8.3.3-Silica and Diatoms over Time, Onondaga Lake South Deep
• 8.4-Macroalgae
• 8.4.1-Annual average nearshore macroalgae abundance, 2004-2009
• 8.4.2-Seasonal nearshore macroalgae abundance, 2004-2009
• 8.4.3-Spatial variability of nearshore macroalgae, 2004-2009
• 8.4.4-Annual mean and maximum abundance of macroalgae cover, 2004-2009
• 8.5-Macrophytes
• 8.5.1-Onondaga Lake 2009 Macrophyte Monitoring Results (memorandum from EcoLogic LLC to Onondaga County DWEP)
• 8.5.2-Species list of aquatic macrophytes observed in Onondaga Lake
• 8.6-Dreissenid (zebra and quagga) mussels
• 8.6.1-Dreissenid mussel biomass and density estimates in Onondaga Lake, 2002-2009
• 8.6.2-2009 Seneca River and Onondaga Lake Dreissenid Mussel Survey
• 8.7-Fish Community
• 8.7.0- AMP 2009 Fisheries Technical Appendix
• 8.7.1-Alewife Hydroacoustics Survey
• 8.7.1.1-Estimated alewife density using hydroacoustics, 2005-2009
• 8.7.1.2-“Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) abundance in Onondaga Lake, 2009. A report to Onondaga County” (Rudstam and Snyder)
• 8.7.2-Angler Catch
• 8.7.2.1-Angler bass catch rates in Onondaga Lake, Seneca River and Oneida River, 2001-2009
• 8.7.2.2-Angler diary summary for all species caught by diary participants in Onondaga Lake, Seneca River, and Oneida River in 2009
• 8.7.3-Community Structure
• 8.7.3.1-Catch rates
• 8.7.3.1.1-Electrofishing catch rates of largemouth and smallmouth bass in Onondaga Lake, 2000-2009
• 8.7.3.1.2-Whole lake electrofishing relative abundance in 2009
• 8.7.3.1.3-Catch per unit effort (CPUE) trends of select species by electrofishing, 2000-2009
• 8.7.3.1.4-Gill net relative abundance of fish species, 2009
• 8.7.3.1.5-Whole lake electrofishing CPUE, total catch, and relative abundance in 2009
• 8.7.3.1.6-Whole lake electrofishing number netted and missed, 2009
• 8.7.3.1.7-Individual stratum (5) electrofishing CPUE and relative abundance in 2009
• 8.7.3.1.8-Individual transect (24) electrofishing CPUE in 2009
• 8.7.3.1.9-Largemouth and smallmouth bass fingerling and yearling catch rates from electrofishing, 2009
• 8.7.3.1.10-Gill net CPUE by location, time period, and species, 2009
• 8.7.3.1.11-Population trends of fish species from electrofishing results
• 8.7.3.2-Guilds
• 8.7.3.2.1-Guild and tolerance designations for species collected from surveys in Onondaga Lake, 2000-2009
• 8.7.3.2.2-Trophic guild CPUE and relative abundance from electrofishing data, with and without clupeids, 2009
• 8.7.3.2.3-Trophic guild trends from electrofishing data, with and without clupeids, 2000-2009
• 8.7.3.2.4-Thermal guild CPUE and relative abundance from electrofishing data, with and without clupeids, 2009
• 8.7.3.2.5-Thermal guild trends from electrofishing data, with and without clupeids, 2000-2009
• 8.7.3.2.6-Reproductive guild CPUE and relative abundance based on young-of-year taxa in seine hauls, with and without clupeids, 2009
• 8.7.3.2.7-Relative contribution of pollution tolerance categories for electrofishing events, 2009
• 8.7.3.2.8-Population trends of trophic guilds from electrofishing results
• 8.7.3.2.9-Ten-year (2000-2009) trend analysis (percent change per year) and level of significance of trophic guilds
• 8.7.4-Size and growth
• 8.7.4.1-Adults
• 8.7.4.1.1-Mean total lengths of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and all other species, from electrofishing, 2009
• 8.7.4.1.2-Length frequency in Fall 2009 electrofishing and gill netting combined for species where n > 20
• 8.7.4.1.3-Length frequencies, eletrofishing and gill netting combined, 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.1.4-Proportional Stock Density (PSD) and Relative Stock Density (RSD) of select species, electrofishing fall 2009
• 8.7.4.1.5-Proportional Stock Density (PSD) comparison of Lepomis species and bass, 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.1.6-Relative weights and condition factor of select species captured during electrofishing in the fall of 2009
• 8.7.4.1.7-Relative weights trends of select species, 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.2-Young Of Year (YOY)
• 8.7.4.2.1-Mean total length of YOY fish for each stratum and whole lake by sample period in 2009
• 8.7.4.2.2-YOY mean total length in August in each stratum and the entire lake in 2009
• 8.7.4.2.3-Mean length of select YOY species in August from 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.2.4-Growth of YOY (largemouth and smallmouth bass) between sampling periods in 2009
• 8.7.4.2.5-YOY relative weights, largemouth and smallmouth bass, 2009
• 8.7.4.3-Deformities, Erosions, Lesions, Tumors, Fungus, and/or Malignancies (DELTFM)
• 8.7.4.3.1-Summary of DELTFM (Deformities, Erosions, Lesions, Tumors, Fungus, and/or Malignancies) results from Onondaga Lake in 2009
• 8.7.4.3.2-Percent of adult fish with DELTFM abnormalities, 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.3.3-Percent of adult brown bullhead captured during AMP sampling with DELTFM abnormalities, and with lesions/tumors only, 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.3.4-Occurrence of Lesions and Tumors in Brown Bullhead from Onondaga Lake and other Regional Waters
• 8.7.4.4-Species Richness and Diversity
• 8.7.4.4.1-Gill nets Shannon Diversity Index for each stratum, with clupeids, 2009
• 8.7.4.4.2-Electrofishing Shannon Diversity Index, whole lake and by stratum, with and without clupeids, 2009
• 8.7.4.4.3-Electrofishing Shannon-Weiner diversity spring, fall and annual trends, with and without clupeids, 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.4.4-Species richness in whole lake and by stratum from electrofishing, 2009
• 8.7.4.4.5-Species richness in whole lake and by stratum from gill nets, 2009
• 8.7.4.4.6-Electrofishing species richness in ''all fish'' transects from 2000-2009
• 8.7.4.4.7-Onondaga Lake Fish Community Structure, 2000-2009 (Clupeids Included)
• 8.7.4.4.8-Onondaga Lake Fish Community Structure, 2000-2009 (Clupeids Excluded)
• 8.7.5-Habitat Conditions: Data Visualization Tool (DVT) and Fish Space
• 8.7.6-Mercury in Fish Flesh
• 8.7.6.1-Total mercury body burden of smallmouth and largemouth bass, 1974-2008
• 8.7.6.2-Relationship of mercury body burden with largemouth bass size
• 8.7.6.3-Total mercury body burden of largemouth bass, 1996-2008
• 8.7.7-Reproduction
• 8.7.7.1-Pelagic larvae catch summary, 2009
• 8.7.7.2-Young of the Year (YOY)
• 8.7.7.2.1-YOY catch per unit effort (CPUE) for each species for the whole year from each stratum and the entire lake, 2009
• 8.7.7.2.2-YOY mean CPUE for each species from each site by seine haul, 2009
• 8.7.7.2.3-YOY CPUE in each stratum during each sampling event for each species, by seine haul, 2009
• 8.7.7.2.4-Mean CPUE of incidental catch of non-YOY species for entire lake, 2009
• 8.7.7.2.5-YOY CPUE trends, 2000-2009
• 8.7.7.2.6-Community structure of YOY captured in seine hauls, 2000-2009
• 8.7.7.2.7-YOY relative abundance, with and without clupeids, 2009 (graph)
• 8.7.7.2.8-YOY relative abundance for each species from each stratum and the entire lake, with and without clupeids, 2009 (table)
• 8.7.7.2.9-Shannon Diversity Index for YOY fish collected in seine hauls in 2009
• 8.7.7.2.10-YOY whole lake diversity from seine hauls, 2000-2009
• 8.7.7.2.11-Presence/absence of early life history stages and adults, 2009
• 8.7.7.2.12-Presence/absence and CPUE of larvae and YOY by species, 2000-2009
• 8.7.7.3-Nesting Survey
• 8.7.7.3.1-Nesting survey map and comparison of North and South nests, 2000-2009
• 8.7.7.3.2-Nesting survey results by species and transect, with comparison of North and South, 2009
• 09-Seneca River conditions
• 9.1-2009 Seneca River Report: Three Rivers System  Data Summary of 2009 Data
• 10-2009 Analytical data disk
• 11-Supporting Documents
• 11.1-Chloride Evaluation Dewatering
• 11.1.1-Lake Tribs Metro Chloride Evaluation
• 11.2-Lake and Trib Compliance
• 11.2.1-Regulatory compliance in Onondaga Lake tributaries, 2009
• 11.2.2-Regulatory compliance in Onondaga Lake waters (South Deep), 2009
• 11.3-Onondaga Lake Water Quality Model (OLWQM) Diagram
• 11.4-Mass Balances and Empirical Eutrophication Model Update
• 11.5-Phosphorus-Nitrogen Relations
• 11.5.1-Total nitrogen and total phosphorus summer average concentrations in upper waters, 1995-2009
• 11.5.2-Nitrate and SRP Concentrations in upper waters (UML) and lower waters (LWL) at South Deep, 2009
• 11.5.3-The ratio of total Nitrogen (sum of Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrite, and Nitrate) to total Phosphorus in Metro Outfall 001 effluent over time
• 11.6-Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Flowchart
• 11.7-Lake trophic status indicators, 1990-2009
• 11.7.1-Trophic State Indicator Parameters Compared With Onondaga Lake 2009 Water Quality Conditions
• 11.7.2-Three indicators of trophic status - phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, and transparency – shown over time (1990-2009)
• 11.8-Onondaga Lake Technical Advisory Committee (OLTAC)
• 11.9-Statistical Framework for the Onondaga Lake Ambient Monitoring Program
• 11.10-Print Versions of Website Links
• 11.10.1-Onondaga Lake Remedial Design Work Plan March 2009 (NYSDEC web site http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/48828.html)
• 11.10.2-NYSDEC Region 7 - Environmental Remediation Project Information Sites Listed by County (NYSDEC web site www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/37558.html)
• 11.10.3- Simulation of Flow and Water Quality by a Precipitation-Runoff Model of the Onondaga Lake Watershed, Onondaga County, New York (USGS website http://ny.cf.er.usgs.gov/nyprojectsearch/projects/2457-AF3-1.html)
• 11.10.4-Onondaga Environmental Institute (OEI website http://www.onondagaenvironmentalinstitute.org/OEIHome.html)
• 11.10.5- The Onondaga Creek Conceptual Revitalization Plan (OCRP) Project (SUNY ESF website http://www.esf.edu/onondagacreek/project.htm)
• 11.10.6-The Annual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum (UFI website http://www.upstatefreshwater.org/html/annual_olsf.html)
• 11.10.7-Technical Support for the Onondaga Lake Ambient Monitoring Program, Dr. William W. Walker, Jr., PhD. (Dr. Walker’s website www.wwwalker.net/onondaga)
• 11.10.8-Onondaga Lake Partnership list of Project Reports (OLP website www.onlakepartners.org)
• 11.10.9-Onondaga County “Save the Rain” Campaign (Onondaga County website http://www.ongov.net/savetherain/index.html)
• 11.10.10-City of Syracuse Onondaga Creekwalk. (City of Syracuse website http://www.syracuse.ny.us/Creekwalk_Trail.aspx)
• 11.10.11-New York State Department of Health Chemicals in Sportfish and Game, 2010-2011 Health Advisories. (Department of Health website http://www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/fish.htm#finger)
• 11.10.12-Combined Sewer Overflow (Onondaga County DWEP website http://www.ongov.net/wep/we1802.html)
• 11.10.13-Diatom Fact Sheet Actinocyclus normanii (USGS web site http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=1695)

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