University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Small Ponds, Big Impacts: CFL Researchers Explore Urban Ponds to Better Understand Human Influence

by Madelyn Anderson – Fieldwork comes in many forms. Some researchers spend their days wading through Wisconsin’s wetlands, looking for bugs in local rivers, and boating through Lake Mendota, the birthplace of limnology in North America.  But other scientists are at work right in your own backyard or neighborhood park.  PhD candidate Jessica Briggs is …