University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found that the most basic ways of predicting ecological change in a lake were actually the best by studying an Upper Peninsula lake.
Excerpt: Day after day, the buoy bobbed at the surface of Peter Lake. Every five minutes, or 288 times a day, instruments in the water silently recorded samples without creating so much as a ripple. But, beneath the surface, the lake — just across Wisconsin's northern boundary in Michigan's Upper Peninsula — was in turmoil. The buoy was busy documenting massive change.
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Source: University of Wisconsin News
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