Sometimes it feels like limnology is an Internet afterthought and this blog is the lone oasis of freshwater science in a cyber wasteland. But then a few links surface from the deep and I …
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Small Dams Add Up to Major Pollution Control
When it comes to surface water pollution, people tend to think big. The focus is often on metropolitan sewer districts, large dairy operations, or sediment build-up behind giant dams. It turns out that small-scale dams …
Study Documents Round Goby’s Rapid Invasion of Wisconsin Streams
In 1990, a small stowaway was dumped from the ballast tank of an ocean-going freighter into the waters of the St. Clair River, joining more than 180 other non-native species in the Great Lakes. Two …
Center for Limnology Annual Newsletter
‘Tis the Season for the Center for Limnology’s annual newsletter. For a good look at some of the things we got up to this year, as well as faculty milestones, alumni news and grad student …
“Water @ UW-Madison” Website Serves as Reservoir for University’s Water Research
MADISON – Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface, makes up the majority of our bodies, and its use, quality, and availability are some of the most critical issues facing our world today. Water is …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 5
Another week, another winner in the Center for Limnology “Wordless Wednesday” photo caption contest! This week’s winner gets the gold for a clever combination of username “Ahab” and the following caption: “I’d rather harpoon a …
Ecosystems on the Brink – CFL in Scientific American
The October 2012 issue of Scientific American is out and it features a nice article on ecosystem regime shifts, CFL experimental workhorses Peter and Paul Lakes, and our director, Steve Carpenter. Ecosystems on the Brink …
CFL in Africa – Not Your “Typical” Day at the Lake
In the summer of 2012, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology and Wright State University in Ohio, will call the shores of Africa’s Lake Tanganyika home. The oldest and …
Limnology in Action: Like Baking a Cake in a Lake
Besides the rowboat being pulled across a grid of buoys, the surface of Peter Lake is calm. But, just 5 meters below the surface, a full experiment is under way. “Annndddd…. There is C-13 spilling …
Tracking Northern Pike in Green Bay
CFL grad student, Dan Oele, is trying to see if pike return to their “birthplace” to spawn or if any ol’ tributary will do. Thanks to funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Oele is …