Pike Lake - Marathon County - Critical Habitat Designation
A Critical Habitat Area Study was conducted October 5, 2006 on Pike Lake, Marathon County. The designations were based on aquatic plant data collected during July 1996, June 1999 and 2002 and August 2006; water quality data collected multiple times per year during 1986-2006 and previous fish surveys.
Pike Lake is a mesotrophic, hardwater lake with fair-to-good water quality and poor clarity. Filamentous algae is common. Both filamentous and planktonic algae have decreased since 1986, but water clarity has decreased also.
The aquatic plant community in Pike Lake is characterized by very good species diversity, high quality, impacted by above average amount of disturbance and abundant frequency but low density of plant growth.
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