North Temperate Lakes
US Long-Term Ecological Research Network
Lake Wingra

Lake Wingra Plants under waterLake Wingra IconLake Wingra is located in the Yahara River watershed within Dane County.

It is a drainage lake with predominantly muck substrate. It has a surface area of 139.6 hectare, 5.9 kilometers of highly developed shoreline and a maximum depth of 6.7 meters.

NTL LTER sampling location is at 43.05258  -89.42499

 

Lake Manipulations:

2008, 2009 Carp removal

Lathrop, R.C., D.S. Liebl, and K. Welke. 2013. Carp removal to increase water clarity in shallow eutrophic Lake Wingra. LakeLine, 33(3):23-30.

N: 43.05810 S: 43.0487 E: -89.40460 W: -89.43170
Elevation: 259m

 

 

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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.