LTER Lakes

Trout Lake Region
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Madison Lakes Region

Trout Lake Region

This image shows the North Temperate Lakes LTER study area in Northern Wisconsin.

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Trout Lake Region Lake Characteristics

Characteristic	Crystal Bog (27-2)	Trout Bog (12-15)	Crystal Lake	Big Muskellunge Lake	Sparkling Lake	Allequash Lake	Trout Lake
Latitude	46.008	46.041	46.003	46.021	46.008	46.038	46.029
Longitude	-89.606	-89.686	-89.612	-89.612	-89.701	-89.621	-89.665
Area (ha)	0.5	1.1	36.7	396.3	64	168.4	1607.9
Mean Depth (m)	1.7	5.6	10.4	7.5	10.9	2.9	14.6
Maximum Depth (m)	2.5	7.9	20.4	21.3	20	8	35.7
Lake Benchmark (m)	502.796	494.306	503.560	503.5560	496.82	495.830	494.648
Shoreline Length (km)			2.3	16.1	4.3	9.5	25.9
Landscape position	High	high	high	intermediate	intermediate	low	low
Development on shoreline	low	low	low (campground)	moderate	moderate	low	moderate
Duration of ice cover (days)	152	154	138	141	136	147	135
Water Temperature (°C)	19.9	17.9	21.0	21.2	21.1	21.6	20.1
pH	5.2	4.8	6.1	7.3	7.4	7.6	7.6
ANC (µeq/L)	14	11	23	390	631	831	846
Conductivity (µS/cm)	11	23	13	50	86	92	96
Total P (µg/l)	18.2	46.6	8.3	17.5	15.0	29.3	13.5
Total N (µg/l)	722	961	210	441	371	379	247
SiO2 (µg/l)	834	1927	48	309	7217	13853	9529
Secchi Depth (m)	1.5	1.1	7.5	6.6	6.2	3.2	4.7
Chlorophyll (µg/l)	9.9	16.2	1.8	2.9	2.2	7.8	3.1
Number of fish species	1	3	24	34	30	36	42

Note:
water temperature (0 - 2m) and secchi from June 1 - August 31
pH, ANC and conductivity from the average of spring and fall mixis sampling
total P, total N and SiO2 from spring mixis sampling
chlorophyll (surface) from open water season

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Madison Lake Region

This image shows the Madison Area Lakes in the LTER study area.

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Madison Lakes Region - Lake Characteristics

Characteristic	Fish Lake	Lake Mendota	Lake Wingra	Lake Monona
Latitude	43.287	43.099	43.053	43.063
Longitude	-89.652	-89.405	-89.425	-89.361
Area (ha)	87.4	3937.7	139.6	1324
Mean Depth (m)	6.6	12.8	2.7	8.2
Maximum Depth (m)	18.9	25.3	6.7	22.5
Shoreline Length (km)	4.3	33.8	5.9	20.9
Landscape position	high	low	high	low
Development on shoreline	high	high	high	high
Duration of ice cover (days)		119	120	107
Water Temperature (°C)	23.9	22.4	23.9	23.3
pH	8.1	8.4	8.5	8.5
ANC (µeq/L)	2921	3665	3745	3547
Conductivity (µS/cm)	280	412	500	434
Total P (µg/l)	22.4	109.5	40.3	73.5
Total N (µg/l)	835	860	933	845
SiO2 (µg/l)	367	711	5551	454
Secchi Depth (m)	2.4	3.0	0.7	2.4
Chlorophyll (µg/l)	5.1	4.8	10.5	8.1
Number of fish species	26	43	29	41