Water quality data for Green Lakes Valley, 2000 - ongoing.

This dataset contains water quality measurements made on Green Lakes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and Lake Albion starting in 2000 (for Green Lake 4) and ongoing for Green Lakes 1, 4, and Lake Albion. Water samples were collected for analysis of chlorophyll a and nutrient analysis (which is available in glvwatsolu.dm.data) and field measurements for pH, temperature, specific conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), % saturation, secchi depth, PAR. Secchi depth is recorded at the 0m row however it is a measurement of depth and so the units are meters. Most samples were collected between 0800 and 1200 MST. The first sampling date each summer occurred shortly after the ice had melted. All data are collected from an inflatable raft at the point of deepest depth. The majority of chlorophyll-a the measurements were taken at the surface (0m), the metalimnion (3m), and the hypolimnion nine (usually 8-11m). However, additional measurements were taken for side projects of the long-term dataset during several of the years and are included in this dataset. Water samples were collected using a Van Dorne sampler, as well as grab samples from the inlet and outlet. Field measurements were conducted using a YSI either DO or multiple probe meter (2014-2017, YSI MPS 556)(2018-ongoing YSI ProPlus) and a Li-Cor meter with a quantum sensor. Chlorophyll-a was extracted from filtered samples and absorbance was measured before and after acidification to quantify chlorophyll a concentration.