Monitoring Manoomin: A Collaborative Study on Wild Rice Lake

When you think of science what comes to mind? Is it data or measurements? Research? What about people? Science is so much more than research and numbers–it’s about people and places, too. Our wild rice project here on station is a testimony to that.

Big Fish, Little Fish: Decades’ Worth of Basic Measurements Tell a Complex Tale in One Wisconsin Lake

A new study is highlighting the power of long-term research when it comes to helping scientists understand ecological processes.  In one Wisconsin lake, researchers at the UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology were able to both interpret …

Study of “Annual Life Cycle” in Wisconsin Lakes Finds Unpredictable Fate “Up North,” While Southern Waters Routinely Run Out of Air

A new study has found that, despite relatively similar climate conditions, there is a big difference in how lakes in northern and southern Wisconsin are responding to a warmer, wetter world.  Using data collected on …