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

sparkling lake iconSparkling Lake FallSparkling 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 64 hectare, 4.3 kilometers of moderately developed shoreline and a maximum depth of 20 meters.

 

Lake Manipulations:

2001 - 2008 Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) removal

Catherine L Hein, Brian M Roth, Anthony R Ives, and M Jake Vander Zanden. Fish predation and trapping for rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) control: a whole-lake experiment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 63(2): 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1139/f05-229

2002 - 2009 Smelt (Actinoperygii, Osmeridae) removal

Gaeta, J.W., Hrabik, T.R., Sass, G.G. et al. A whole-lake experiment to control invasive rainbow smelt (Actinoperygii, Osmeridae) via overharvest and a food web manipulation. Hydrobiologia 746, 433–444 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-1916-3

2020 Cisco (Coregonus artedi) introduction

N: 46.01580 S: 46.0024 E: -89.69450 W: -89.70450
Elevation: 495m

Current Conditions:


The buoy is offline

 

 

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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.