Lake Fog 4 has undergone no manipulation. Monitoring of Fog 4 began in 1999 and the lake serves as a reference for the E6 nutrient enrichment experiment.
Lake Description
Lake Fog 4 is a shallow kettle lake located on the North Slope of Alaska.
Elevation (m): 748
Surface Area (ha): 1.89
Volume (cubic meters): 42,991
Mean Depth (m): approximately 2.5
Max Depth (m): 5.4
Catchment Area (ha): NA
Water Retention Time (years): NA
Fish
Fog 4 is fishless
Microplankton
community NA
Zooplankton
Heterocope septentrionalis
Bosmina longirostris
Diaptomus pribilofensis
Cyclops scutifer
Daphnia middendorffiana
Daphnia longiremis
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