Tag Limnology

Invasive fish enters streams feeding Lake Michigan, but so far, so good

January 18, 2013

Invasive species are known for disturbing their new homes. Whether it's the zebra mussels in the Great Lakes or garlic mustard in native woodlands, their rampant multiplication crowds out native species.

Mapping effort charts restoration tack for Great Lakes

December 17, 2012

As the federal government builds on its $1 billion investment to clean up and restore the Great Lakes, an international research consortium has developed innovative new maps of both environmental threats and benefits to help guide cost-effective approaches to environmental remediation of the world’s largest fresh water resource.

Stirred, not shaken, lake mixing experiment shows promise

November 5, 2012

The question is simple: can a lake be cleansed of a pernicious invader by simply raising the water temperature?

Deep freeze has yet to hit Madison lakes

December 27, 2011

Wide swaths of lawn aren’t the only odd sight on campus this late in December. There is still all kinds of open water on either side of Madison’s isthmus, as ice has yet to take hold on lakes Mendota or Monona.

UW-Madison global fishery expert wins prestigious fellowship

October 17, 2011

Peter McIntyre, an assistant professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has won an $850,000, five-year Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Eleven professors appointed to named professorships

October 6, 2011

Eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty.

UW–Madison limnologist receives international Water Prize

August 25, 2011

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf presented Steve Carpenter, University of Wisconsin–Madison Stephen Alfred Forbes Professor of Zoology and director of the Center for Limnology, with the Stockholm Water Prize today (Aug. 25) in a ceremony at the 2011 World Water Week conference in Stockholm.

Scientists detect early warning signal for ecosystem collapse

April 28, 2011

Researchers eavesdropping on complex signals emanating from a remote Wisconsin lake have detected what they say is an unmistakable warning - a death knell - of the impending collapse of the lake's aquatic ecosystem.

Artists, scientists collaborate on exhibit focusing on ecological change

April 11, 2011

In the popular imagination, the thought processes of artists and scientists could hardly be more distinct. And yet a year-long collaboration of lake scientists and artists from northern Wisconsin has engaged both sides of the "divide" in understanding and communicating the changing ecology in one of the world's densest group of lakes - in the northern highlands of Wisconsin.

UW-Madison lake scientist gets world’s top water prize

March 22, 2011

Noted University of Wisconsin–Madison limnologist Stephen Carpenter has been awarded the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize, the world's most prestigious award for water-related activities, it was announced in Stockholm, Sweden today (Tuesday, March 22).

UW-Madison trio named Leopold Leadership Fellows

February 28, 2011

Three University of Wisconsin–Madison professors are among only 20 academics from throughout North America chosen this year to participate in a prestigious environmental leadership and communications training program.

World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold

February 14, 2011

Recalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the industrialized world has become a leading cause of the pollution of lakes, rivers and streams.

Expanding croplands chipping away at world’s carbon stocks

November 1, 2010

Nature's capacity to store carbon, the element at the heart of global climate woes, is steadily eroding as the world's farmers expand croplands at the expense of native ecosystem such as forests.

Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’

September 29, 2010

The world's rivers, the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible of aquatic biodiversity, are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis.

Global grassroots lake science network has roots in Wisconsin

July 19, 2010

Inspired and led by freshwater scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, researchers eager to understand global ecosystems from end to end are now monitoring a series of buoys in lakes on every continent except Africa. Each buoy carries instruments to measure fundamental data on the weather above the water and the temperature and chemistry below it.

Where the invasive things are — and where they could be

March 9, 2010

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Center for Limnology have launched a new Web site to help assess the threat of aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin's lakes.

UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota

September 16, 2009

On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin–Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling craft Limnos anchored about one-quarter mile offshore on a clear sunny day, four students pulled up a small net and began poking through its contents.

UW-Madison’s ‘good ideas’ get lift from stimulus funds

August 26, 2009

The university has drawn more than $38 million in funding for more than 120 research projects and programs from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The work is spread across the range of academic disciplines, including public health, computer science, psychology, economics and engineering. Funding comes from agencies such as NSF, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Energy and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Will a well-mixed, warmer lake doom invasive fish?

July 30, 2009

The rainbow smelt, an invasive fish that threatens native species such as walleye and perch, may soon be feeling the heat - literally.

Slide show: Blooming limnologists

July 20, 2009

The limnology “major”, one of 18 offered at this year’s Grandparents University, takes grandparents and their grandchildren on to Lake Mendota to collect samples and test the water for oxygen and temperature while aboard Limnos, a 28-foot research boat.