Stories indexed under: Limnology

Total: 7

  • UW-Madison faculty contributed to global warming reports that led to Gore’s Nobel Oct. 12, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty made significant contributions in developing the reports on the implications of global warming that led today (Oct. 12) to the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  • Photo of spiny water flea Invasive species spreads to Vilas County lake in Wisconsin Aug. 31, 2007 The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsin's lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.
  • Researcher conducting insect study At home in the Northwoods Aug. 27, 2007 Summer is high season at Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, Wis, when a series of classes, researchers and visitors stream onto Kemp grounds. For most, Kemp serves as a home base for research projects that require access to woods, water, wildlife or wilderness. This summer, the station is hosting people studying topics ranging from climate change to lakeshore ecology to biodiversity.
  • Limnologist receives preeminent international award Aug. 10, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison limnologist Stephen Carpenter joins the select ranks of the world's most distinguished lake researchers next week, when he will receive the highest international honor in his field.
  • Aerial photo of Lake Mendota Lake districts serve as prisms of environmental change April 24, 2007 Two vastly different Wisconsin lake districts - one in a dynamic agricultural and urban setting, the other in a forested and much less developed region of the state - are proving their value as sentinels of regional environmental change, according to a new report.
  • Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader July 31, 2006 A University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows that the rusty crayfish, long seen as a bully in Wisconsin lakes, may be vulnerable to a "double whammy" of intensive trapping and predator fish manipulation to the point where it may be possible to rid lakes of the animal that has vexed scientists, anglers and conservation agencies alike for decades.
  • Lake research offers clues to managing crayfish invasions Aug. 3, 2004 Rusty crayfish, an invasive species now crawling across the rocky bottoms of lakes and streams throughout the United States and Canada, may not always have a stronghold once they enter these bodies of water.