An interesting scene has been playing out in Lake Mendota lately. Right outside the doors to Hasler Lab, common loons and common mergansers are busy fishing all day long. In January, this is undoubtedly easier than in the summer. Low productivity in the lake means crystal clear waters and the cold temperatures mean sluggish fish. …

The round goby has dramatically altered Great Lake food webs since it was first discovered in Lake St. Clair in 1990. But the aggressive invasive has spread beyond the blue borders of our Great Lakes. What might gobies mean for the tributaries and streams they are now colonizing? The UW Sea Grant Institute put together …

On Thursday, August 25th, in Stockholm, Sweden, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf handed an ornate crystal sculpture, along with a $150,000 prize to the Center for Limnology’s illustrious director, Steve Carpenter. The award, called the Stockholm Water Prize, is considered the “Nobel Prize of water” and given to individuals or organizations whose work “contributes …

Crystal Lake Mixing Project Crystal Lake is one of the most popular lakes in Vilas County, with thousands of families visiting each year. The sandy beaches and beautiful blue waters provide quite the scenic Northwoods backdrop for a day at the beach but, below the surface, it’s not such a pretty picture. Rainbow smelt, an …

As temperatures gently fall alongside the colored leaves in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, the summer field season at the Center for Limnology’s Trout Lake Station draws to a close. For three months, students and researchers tirelessly sampled, surveyed and studied northern temperate lakes in Northern Wisconsin. We wanted to highlight some of the novel and interesting research …