Big Muskellunge Lake

Big Muskellunge Icon Big Muskellunge Lake is located within the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, Vilas County.

It is a seepage lake with predominantly sand and gravel substrate. It has a surface area of 396.3 hectare, 16.1 kilometers of moderately developed shoreline and a maximum depth of 21.3 meters.

N: 46.02730 S: 46.0051 E: -89.59350 W: -89.63350
Elevation: 500m

Long-Term Data:

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Biocomplexity at North Temperate Lakes LTER; Coordinated Field Studies: Lakes 2001 - 2004

Biocomplexity at North Temperate Lakes LTER; Coordinated Field Studies: Riparian Plots 2001 - 2004

Cascade Project at North Temperate Lakes LTER cross-lakes comparison carbon Data 1988 - 2007

Food Web Isotope Study at North Temperate Lakes LTER 2004 - 2010

Lake Metabolism at North Temperate Lakes LTER 2000

Landscape Position Project at North Temperate Lakes LTER: Aquatic Macrophytesn 1998 - 1999

Landscape Position Project at North Temperate Lakes LTER: Chemical Limnology 1998 - 2000

Landscape Position Project at North Temperate Lakes LTER: Chlorophyll 1998 - 2000

Landscape Position Project at North Temperate Lakes LTER: Fish Mercury Level 1998 - 1999

Landscape Position Project at North Temperate Lakes LTER: Lake Characteristics 1998 - 2000

National Science Foundation | LTER Network | Center for Limnology

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement #DEB-2025982, NTL LTER (ROR: 04gq8q482). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.