NRRI > SWAG Superior Basin Lakes
Last Update Tue Mar 19 15:10:00 CDT 2013
This project will generate physical and chemical water quality information for three lakes that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has included in their list of `targeted lakes` for assessment in the 2011 and 2012 field seasons. NRRI`s Center for Water and the Environment has a long-term interest in identifying status and trends that may reflect short and long-term trends in response to impacts at local, regional, and global scales such as urbanization, agriculture and forestry practices, invasive species introductions, atmospheric deposition, and climate change.This project has now been completed.
The Clean Water Legacy Act Surface Water Assessment Grant Program has created funding for local organizations, universities and citizen volunteers to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency assess the condition of Minnesota's streams and lakes. Water quality, biological, and habitat data are critical for identifying status and trends that may reflect short and long-term trends in response to impacts at local, regional, and global scales such as urbanization, agriculture and forestry practices, invasive species introductions, atmospheric deposition, and climate change. Ideally, since field collections are costly, sampling designs and types of assessment data are best selected by considering multiple benefits and efficiencies. NRRI was funded to collect seasonal limnological data from three Superior basin lakes in 2011 and 2012.
Lakes were sampled from May-September 2012 and data were submitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency via their electronic data access system.
Start Date 03/15/2011
End Date 06/30/2013
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