Site Name: LTER
North Temperate Lakes,
State, Country, ETC:
USGS Quad Name Waunakee, DeForest, Sun Prairie, Madison West, Madison East,
POC Name: Steve Carpenter
POC Address: Center for Limnology,
POC Phone: 608
262 8690
POC FAX: 608
265 2340
POC E-mail: srcarpen@facstaff.wisc.edu
NSF Note: This POC will only be relevant for the LTER sites. The others would likely be listed under a generic NSF POC.
For a Circular Site or Point: (note: a site with a nine nautical mile diameter is considered a point)
Diameter of Circular Site in Nautical Miles:
Center Coordinates:
Latitude in deg/min/sec:
Longitude in deg/min/sec:
For a non-circular site:
NE Corner
Latitude in deg/min/sec: 43 11 30 N
Longitude in deg/min/sec: 89 17 30 W
SE Corner
Latitude in deg/min/sec: 42 59 00 N
Longitude in deg/min/sec: 89 17 30 W
SW Corner
Latitude in deg/min/sec: 42 59 00 N
Longitude in deg/min/sec: 89 29 30 W
NW Corner
Latitude in deg/min/sec: 43 11 30 N
Longitude in deg/min/sec: 89 29 30 W
Elevation of Center Point in Meters: 258
Frequency of Collection: minimum frequency would be once/year (in
summer), preferably twice per year, but some questions require daily data
When (time of day or season or whatever) should data be collected? Time of day should be mid-day (10 AM-2 PM Central time). One date of collection should be in summer (June 15-September 15), and the second should be either spring (March 15-April 30) or fall (October 15-November 15).
Resolution needed from data
(or scale needed): less than or equal to
1m
What is the impact of not
collecting the data when requested? A
missed opportunity to study annual changes in the structural characteristics of
the riparian zone and the dynamics of fine-scale spatial pattern of algal
blooms
Describe the things or phenomena to be monitored and the purpose of the monitoring. Include information about the duration needed for monitoring to be effective.
Optical characteristics of lakes, physical structure of the littoral/riparian zone, land use and land cover change, the dynamics of fine-scale spatial pattern of algal blooms
What ecosystems are present at the site?
Northern temperate lakes in glacial landscapes in urban, agricultural and forested watersheds. Oligotrophic, dystrophic and eutrophic lakes; temporary forest ponds; warm and cold streams; mixed deciduous and coniferous forests.
Are there management issues associated with the site?
Land use and land cover change
Riparian
zone/lake interactions
Nutrient loading
Is the site designated for special management or use (e.g. long term studies, specially reserved regions)?
The site contains primary study lakes of the North Temperate Lakes LTER site. This project is conducting long-term studies of lakes. The site also has been designated as part of the Priority Watershed Management Program of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Have previous monitoring activities been done at this site? If so, are data available in digital form?
The North Temperate Lakes LTER project has collected a diverse set of long-term physical, chemical, and biological data on the primary study lakes. These data (not including the two previous years) are available in digital form on the North Temperate Lakes LTER website (lter.limnology.wisc.edu).
Describe any special characteristics of the site or the things or phenomena that are to be monitored (information that might help determine how it might be useful to monitor the things or phenomena at the site).
The site represents one of the few north temperate lakes sites with existing long-term field measurements. An area of active research is the impact of land use change on lake ecology. The riparian/littoral zones are expected to change over time, and we want to document this change on at least an annual scale. To monitor algal blooms, it would be very useful to have daily data for a period of several weeks each summer.