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2010 ANNUAL
MONITORING PROGRAM
LIBRARY
INDEX
01 – Lake and Watershed Information
02 – Ambient Monitoring Program Design and
Progress
03 - Quality Control and Audit Reports
04 - Department of Water Environment Protection
Actions: 2010
05 - Tributary Monitoring Results
06 - Onondaga Lake Results: Physical Parameters
07 - Onondaga Lake Results: Chemical Parameters
08 - Onondaga Lake Results: Biology
09 - Onondaga Lake Results: Fish Community
10 - Seneca River Conditions
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01
– Lake and Watershed Information
o 1.1
– Summary of regulatory classification of streams within Onondaga Lake
watershed
o 1.2 -
NOAA monthly precipitation and temperature graphs for 2010 with long-term 30-yr
average
o 1.3 –
Morphologic characteristics of Onondaga Lake
o 1.4
- Bibliography of material pertaining to Onondaga Lake, New York (revised May
2011)
o 2.1 – Year
2010 Annual Ambient Monitoring Program Workplan, including the Data Analysis
and Interpretation Plan (DAIP)
o 2.2 - Progress toward water quality improvement summary
tables, by parameter
o 2.3
- Onondaga Lake Water Quality Model (OLWQM) conceptual diagram of major
variables and processes
o 3.1 - Data Quality
Review, 2010 AMP Data (memorandum from EcoLogic, LLC to OCDWEP, June 15, 2011)
o 3.2
- Field Audit Reports: Lake and
tributary water quality monitoring; fish littoral and juvenile seining
o 3.3 - Summary of
Environment Canada Phosphorus and Mercury Proficiency Samples, Onondaga Lake
2010 AMP
o 4.1 -
Metro SPDES Limit Exceedences, 2010
o 4.2 - Secondary Bypass
Volumes (Outfall 002), 2010
o 4.3
- Headworks Bypasses
(Outfall 001), 2010
o 4.4
- Sanitary Sewer
Overflows (SSO) and Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) summary reports, 2010
o 4.5 - Inorganic nitrogen
species concentration in Metro effluent, 2003-2010
o 4.6 - Seasonal
average ammonia-N concentration in Metro Outfall 001 effluent, 1995-2010
o 5.1 -
Hydrographs of the major tributaries to Onondaga Lake, showing observed
tributary flows in 2010 compared with the 30-year average
o 5.2
- Flow-weighted average of limnological parameters in Onondaga Lake
tributaries, 2010 (AutoFlux Meth5-2010)
o
5.3 - Loading of
major water quality parameters to Onondaga Lake, 2010
o 5.4 - Historical
loading of major water quality parameters to Onondaga Lake, 1990-2010
o 5.5
- Fecal coliform bacteria for the summer period June to September (1999-2010),
showing low flow and high flow statistics by monitoring site
o
5.6 -
Geometric mean concentration, with standard deviation, of fecal coliform
bacteria at base flow during summer (June to September) in Onondaga Lake
tributaries, 1999-2010
o 5.7 - Sum
of the monthly loading for total phosphorus to Onondaga Lake, 2007 to 2010
o 5.8 -
Trend analysis of tributary loading to Onondaga Lake, 2001-2010.
o 5.9
- 2010 Onondaga Lake Tributaries - Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Significant
Findings and Data Summaries (EcoLogic, LLC, July 2011)
o 6.1
- Trends in Onondaga Lake Nearshore Monitoring Data Onondaga Lake Ambient
Monitoring Program – 2011 Report (W.W. Walker, Jr., Ph.D. and J.D.
Walker, M.Eng, July 2011)
o 6.2
- Yearly maximum, minimum, and average of light extinction coefficient (Ke)
data measured in Onondaga Lake, 1996-2010
o 6.3
- Lake Secchi disk transparency statistics and
compliance, 1990-2010
o 6.4
– Nearshore water clarity conditions measured as Secchi disk transparency
during 2010.
o 6.5 –
Onondaga Lake ice cover, 1987-2010
o 6.6
– (A) Temporal distribution of light extinction data (Ke) paired with
chlorophyll-a data (2010) and (B) correlation of Ke data with Secchi disk
transparency data (1996-2010)
o 7.1
- Lake field dissolved oxygen profiles - earliest date each year at which anoxic
conditions occur in lower waters, indicating onset of stratification, 1990-2010
o 7.2 -
2010 temporal pattern of dissolved oxygen at 2 and 12 meter depths in Onondaga
Lake
o 7.3
– Comparison of Nitrate-N in upper and lower waters of Onondaga Lake,
1995-2010
o 7.4
- Ultra low-level mercury sampling results (total and methyl), Onondaga Lake
2010
o 7.5
- Total and methyl mercury trends in Onondaga Lake, 1999-2010
o 7.6
– Onondaga Lake field profile dissolved oxygen percent saturation through
the water column during fall turnover, 1993-2010
o 7.7
- Concentrations of Ammonia-N in Onondaga Lake by depths, 2010
o 7.8
- Minimum daily average dissolved oxygen concentration in the upper and lower
waters of Onondaga Lake during fall turnover, 1990-2010
o 7.9
- Statistical comparison of average results of parameters between North and
South Deep sample stations, 1999-2010
o 7.10 -
Annual average of total dissolved solids concentrations in upper and lower
waters of Onondaga Lake
o 7.11
- Annual average dissolved oxygen concentrations at South Deep (12m depth) with
percent compliance, 2000-2010.
o 7.12
- Estimated internal phosphorus loading from sediment to Onondaga Lake waters,
1998-2010.
o 7.13
- Concentration summary of other parameters, Onondaga Lake South Deep, 2010
o 7.14
- Lake field DO profiles, September 8 through November 2, 2010
o 8.1 -
Relationship between spring total phosphorus concentration and the frequency of
summertime nuisance algal blooms in Onondaga Lake, 2000-2010
o 8.2
- Linear regression of TP loading from Metro with Onondaga Lake South Deep
summer chlorophyll-a concentrations over time
o 8.3
- Assessing Community Structure of Lower
Trophic Levels in Onondaga Lake, New York in 2010 (L.G. Rudstam and J.
Swan, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell Biological Field Station)
o
8.4 - Lake
zooplankton size compared with alewife catch rates, 1999-2010
o
8.5 - Lake
zooplankton size compared with Secchi disk transparency, 1999-2010
o
8.6 - 2010 Onondaga Lake Aquatic Macrophyte Survey
(EcoLogic, LLC, May 2011)
o
8.7 - 2010 Onondaga Lake Littoral
Macroinvertebrate Monitoring - Significant Findings and Data Summaries
(EcoLogic, LLC, August 2011)
o
8.8 - Dreissenid Mussel Survey (2010): Onondaga Lake and the Seneca River
(Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection, Final August 2011)
o
8.9
- Lake spring total phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentrations, 1999-2009
o
8.10 -
Silica and Diatoms, Onondaga Lake South Deep, 1998-2010
o 9.1 -
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) abundance
in Onondaga Lake, 2010 - A report to Onondaga County. June 6, 2010 (L.G. Rudstam and T.E.
Brooking, Cornell Biological Field Station, Department of Natural Resources,
Cornell University)
o 9.2 -
Angler diary bass catch rates in Onondaga Lake, Seneca River and Oneida River,
2001-2010
o 9.3 - Angler
diary summary for all species caught by diary participants in Onondaga Lake,
Seneca River, and Oneida River in 2010
o 9.4
– Trend in annual average electrofishing catch rates (spring and fall) of
largemouth and smallmouth bass in Onondaga Lake, 2000-2010
o 9.5 -
Whole lake electrofishing relative abundance in Onondaga Lake in 2010 (with and
without clupeids)
o 9.6 – Trends
in annual mean catch per unit effort (CPUE) of select species caught by
electrofishing, 2000-2010
o 9.7 –
Relative abundance of fish species caught in gill nets, 2010
o 9.8 -
Whole lake electrofishing CPUE total catch, and relative abundance in 2010
o 9.9 –
Ten-year (2001-2010) trend analysis, from electrofishing results, of captured
species in Onondaga Lake
o 9.10
- Guild and tolerance designations for species collected from surveys in Onondaga
Lake, 2000-2010
o 9.11 - Ten-year
(2001-2010) trend analysis, from electrofishing results, of trophic guilds in
Onondaga Lake
o 9.12 -
Mean total lengths of largemouth and smallmouth bass by stratum and sampling
event - and all other species lakewide by sampling event - from electrofishing
in Onondaga Lake, 2010
o 9.13 -
Length frequencies, from electrofishing and gill netting results combined, for
selected species caught in Onondaga Lake from 2000-2010: largemouth and smallmouth bass,
bluegill, pumpkinseed, yellow and white perch, gizzard shad, brown bullhead,
white sucker, and Lepomis species
o 9.14
- Mean total length of young of year (YOY) fish for each stratum and whole lake
(juvenile seine) by sample period in 2010
o 9.15 -
Summary of DELTFM (Deformities, Erosions, Lesions, Tumors, Fungus, and/or
Malignancies) results from Onondaga Lake in 2010
o 9.16 - Percent of
adult fish captured during AMP sampling in Onondaga Lake with DELTFM
abnormalities, 2000-2010
o 9.17 -
Occurrence of Lesions and Tumors in Brown Bullhead from Onondaga Lake and other
Regional Waters
o 9.18
- Shannon Diversity Index from gill net sampling for each stratum and sampling
event in Onondaga Lake - with and without clupeids - in 2010
o 9.19
- Shannon Diversity Index from electrofishing sampling for each stratum and
sampling event in Onondaga Lake - with and without clupeids - in 2010
o 9.20 -
Shannon-Weiner Diversity from electrofishing sampling, spring, fall and annual
trends - with and without clupeids – for 2000-2010
o 9.21
- Species richness - whole lake and by stratum - from each electrofishing
sampling event in 2010
o 9.22
- Species richness - whole lake and by stratum - from each gill net sampling
event in 2010
o 9.23 -
Electrofishing species richness in ''all fish'' transects from 2000-2010
o 9.24 - Onondaga
Lake fish community structure – with and without clupeids – for
2000-2010
o 9.25 - Habitat
Conditions: Data Visualization Tool (DVT) and Fish Space
o 9.26 -
Pelagic larvae catch summary, 2010 – whole year and sampling event CPUE,
and species richness
o 9.27 -
YOY catch per unit effort (CPUE – juvenile seine) for each species for
the whole year from each stratum and the entire lake, 2010
o 9.28 -
YOY CPUE during each sampling event for each stratum and species (juvenile
seine haul), 2010
o 9.29 - YOY CPUE
(#/juvenile seine haul) trends for selected species, 2000-2010
o 9.30
- Community structure of YOY captured in juvenile seine hauls in Onondaga Lake,
2000-2010
o 9.31 -
YOY relative abundance (juvenile seine hauls) for each species from each
stratum and the entire lake - with and without clupeids – in 2010
o 9.32 -
Presence/absence and CPUE of larvae and YOY fish, by species, in samples collected from Onondaga Lake
in 2000-2010
o 9.33 - Nesting
survey map 2010, and comparison of North and South nest survey results from
2000-2010
o 9.34
- Nesting survey results by species and transect, with comparison of North and
South, 2010
o 9.35
- YOY relative weights, juvenile seine data, for largemouth and smallmouth bass
in 2010
o 9.36 -
YOY whole lake Shannon-Weiner diversity from littoral seine hauls in Onondaga
Lake, 2000-2010
o 9.37
- Littoral adults distribution by stratum and species, 2010 (electrofishing
results)
o 9.38 -
Gill net distribution by stratum and species, 2010
o 9.39 -
Relative weights trends of select species from 2000-2010 (fall electrofishing)
- 10-Seneca River Conditions
o 10.1 - 2010 Seneca River Report: Three Rivers System Summary of 2010 Data
(Memorandum from Anchor QEA to EcoLogic, LLC, June 7, 2011)