Open-File Report 2007-1173
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1173
A report by the Wisconsin Water Science Center Lakes-Studies Team - W.J. Rose (team leader), H.S. Garn, G.L. Goddard, S.B. Marsh, D.L. Olson, and D.M. Robertson
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with local and other agencies, collects data at selected lakes throughout Wisconsin. These data, accumulated over many years, provide a data base for developing an improved understanding of the water quality of lakes. To make these data available to interested parties outside the USGS, the data are published annually in this report series. The locations of water-quality and lake-stage stations in Wisconsin for water year 2006 are shown in figure 1. A water year is the 12-month period from October 1 through September 30. It is designated by the calendar year in which it ends. Thus, the period October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006 is called “water year 2006.”
The purpose of this report is to provide information about the chemical and physical characteristics of Wisconsin lakes. Data that have been collected at specific lakes, and information to aid in the interpretation of those data, are included in this report. Data collected include measurements of in-lake water quality and lake stage. Time series of Secchi depths, surface total phosphorus and chlorophyll a concentrations collected during non-frozen periods are included for all lakes. Graphs of vertical profiles of temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductance are included for sites where these parameters were measured. Descriptive information for each lake includes: location of the lake, area of the lake’s watershed, period for which data are available, revisions to previously published records, and pertinent remarks. Additional data, such as streamflow and water quality in tributary and outlet streams of some of the lakes, are published in another volume: “Water Resources Data-Wisconsin, 2006."
Water-resources data, including stage and discharge data at most streamflow-gaging stations, are available through the World Wide Web on the Internet. The Wisconsin Water Science Center’s home page is at http://wi.water.usgs.gov/. Information on the Wisconsin Water Science Center’s Lakes Program is found at http://wi.water.usgs.gov/lake/ and http://wi.water.usgs.gov/projects/.
Introduction
Methods of data collection
Explanation of physical and chemical characteristics of lakes
Classification of lakes
References Cited
Lake data
Wisconsin Water Science Center publications pertaining to lakes
Appendix - Quality-Assurance/Quality-Control Plan
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