Lake Suggs NEON - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Lake Suggs NEON
Short name
SUGGS
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/SUGG
Site Manager
Guy Fausnaught
Site Description
Suggs Lake a core aquatic is situated within Ordway-Swisher Biological Station (OSBS) in Putman County and classified as a Marsh lake and Baygall as a function of the major plant communities that surround it. Suggs Lake is an isothermal, mesotrophic lake 0.73 km2 in area and situated at an altitude of 29 m. It has a maximum depth of 5.7 m and a mean depth of 2.5 m. The lake is a seepage lake, with the majority of lakes in Florida being underlain by the Floridan Aquifer dominated by a limestone and dolomite geology. Lake Suggs has a dense population of salamanders, with other common species of amphibians including greater siren (Siren lacertina), lesser siren (Siren intermedia), two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means), one-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter), narrow-striped dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus axanthus), the broad-striped dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus striatus) and the pig frog (Rana grylio).This site has one meteorological station located in the riparian area and one meteorological station above water on a buoy. The met stations are outfitted with the a subset of the same sensors used at terrestrial sites. Measurements include wind speed and direction, air temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, shortwave radiation, and PAR. Eight groundwater wells throughout the site collect specific conductivity, water tempertaure, and elevation of groundwater. This site has one buoy-mounted sensor station and an inlet station and outlet station. Total data products planned for this site: 75
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Last modified
2023-07-25 16:07:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2014
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (SUGGS)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
SUGG
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 29.68705 Longitude: -82.01617

Size
ca. 210.00ha
Elevation (average)
29.00msl
Elevation (min)
22.00msl
Elevation (max)
49.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Terrestrial
Biome
Fresh Water Lakes
Ecosystem Type
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Air Temperature: Average Annual
20.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1290.00mm
Geology
Suggs lake is classified as a clastic upland lake with substrates composed generally of clays and organics. The limestone geology is overlain by a variable mixture of sand, gravel, clay, phosphate, and carbonate deposited during the Pleistocene interglaci
Vegetation
Lake Suggs has large areas of emergent macrophytes, and is surrounded by cypress swamps and old pastures. The swamps and adjacent hardwood forests are dominated by Bald Cycpress (Taxodium distichum), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), water oak (Quesrcus nigra) and slash pine. The diatom or assemblage is dominated by planktonic forms, notably M. herzogii and Aterionella ralfsii.
Hydrology
Suggs Lake is primarily surface water dominated, although it does interact with the regional aquifer to some extent. This lake lies within a greater flow through wetland complex. Inflow lies on the SW part of the lake with a smaller inflow from the E edge of the lake. Outflow is through the NW part of the lake as part of the greater wetland complex. Suggs Lake is classified as a seepage lake dominated by groundwater flow with the local aquifer, but it is also fed by the local surface and subsurface flow through the wetland complex. There is no discernible inflow or outflow to Suggs Lake, although there is some evidence of water inflow from the south western edge of the lake with a flow pattern to the N and NW. Suggs Lake is a seepage lake and due to its formation by solution processes, there is a strong link between the lake and the groundwater. In areas where the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer system is at a higher altitude than the water table of the surficial aquifer that overlies it, water moves upward toward the land surface. These areas are referred to as discharge areas or areas of artesian flow.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes