Coastal Dune Lake Research and Publications

Effects of seawater exchange on water chemistry among coastal lakes with intermittent connections to the sea. A. Challen Hymen, Dana Bingham Stephens. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; 5 October 2020; Volume 244.

Walton County Coastal Dune Lake Water Chemistry Summaries

Walton County Coastal Dune Lakes 2019 Report

Walton County Coastal Dune Lakes 2018 Report

Walton County Coastal Dune Lakes 2017 Report

Basic Educational Info:

• Coastal Dune Lakes Rack Card: The basics about the coastal dune lakes
• A Home Owner’s Guide to Living On a Coastal Dune Lake: Definitions, restrictions, and Walton County regulations
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Native vs. exotic and invasive plants on the coastal dune lakes
• Coastal Dune Lakes Powerpoint presentation by Sarah Kalinoski

Press:

• The Coastal Dune Lakes of Florida: Trends in Water Quality and Changing Land-Use Practices, Jehangir H. Bhadha and James W. Jawitz, Water Resources IMPACT, September 2008, Volume 10, No. 5, pp. 15-18
• The Coastal Dune Lakes of Walton County, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Coastal Management Program, Coastal Currents, September 2008, pp. 4-5
• Choctawhatchee Basin Community Unites Against Unwelcome Weeds, BASF, 2010
• Watershed-Scale Source Water Protection in the Choctawhatchee Basin, Sarah Kalinoski and Julie Terrell, LakeLine, Fall 2011, pp. 45-47

Management Plan:

• Coastal Dune Lakes Management Plan, Part I: Pros and Cons of Issues Identified by Stakeholders Regarding the Future Management of Walton County’s Coastal Dune Lakes (July 2008)
  • Appendix 1: Walton County Ordinance 2002-02
  • Appendix 2: Coastal Dune Lakes Advisory Board Manual, 2002
  • Appendix 3: Findings From Workshops On Citizens’ Concerns Regarding The Future Management of Walton County’s Coastal Dune Lakes (January 2008)
  • Appendix 4: Axioms of Ecological Policy, Robert T. Lackey, 2006
  • Appendix 5: Preliminary Investigation of the Characteristics of Coastal Lake Outlets in the Florida Panhandle, Browder and Dean, 1998
  • Appendix 6: Water Chemistry Trends in Walton County’s Coastal Dune Lakes
  • Appendix 7: A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management, Florida LAKEWATCH Circular 111, October 2007
  • Appendix 8: Aquatic Plant Survey Data for Seven Walton County Dune Lakes
• Coastal Dune Lakes Management Plan, Part II: A Management Plan for Walton County’s Coastal Dune Lakes (October 2008)

Hydrology:

• Hydrology of Florida’s Coastal Dune Lakes, Powerpoint presentation by James W. Jawitz, Soil and Water Science Dept., University of Florida, 2008
• Summary Report for Project “Hydrology of coastal dune lakes in Walton County, FL,” University of Florida, Soil and Water Science Dept., April 2009

Paleotempestology:

• Reconstruction of Prehistoric Landfall Frequencies of Catastrophic Hurricanes in Northwestern Florida from Lake Sediment Records, Liu & Fearn, Quaternary Research 54, 2000, 238–245
• Reconstruction of paleostorms and paleoenvironment using geochemical proxies archived in the sediments of two coastal lakes in northwest Florida, Oindrila Das, Yang Wang, Joseph Donoghue, Xiaomei Xu, Jennifer Coor, James Elsner, Yingfeng Xu, 2013

Individual Coastal Dune Lake Water Chemistry Summaries 2017:

• Allen Lake
• Alligator Lake
• Big Redfish Lake
• Campbell Lake
• Camp Creek Lake
• Deer Lake
• Draper Lake
• Eastern Lake
• Eastern Lake North
• Fuller Lake
• Grayton Lake
• Little Redfish Lake
• Morris Lake
• Oyster Lake
• Powell Lake
• Stallworth Lake
• Tresca Lake
• Western Lake
• Western Lake Northeast