Author: Scott J. Van Egeren
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Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: Donald M. Waller
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226871746
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Straddling temperate forests and grassland biomes and stretching along the coastline of two Great Lakes, Wisconsin contains tallgrass prairie and oak savanna, broadleaf and coniferous forests, wetlands, natural lakes, and rivers. But, like the rest of the world, the Badger State has been transformed by urbanization and sprawl, population growth, and land-use change. For decades, industry and environment have attempted to coexist in Wisconsin—and the dynamic tensions between economic progress and environmental protection makes the state a fascinating microcosm for studying global environmental change. The Vanishing Present brings together a distinguished set of contributors—including scientists, naturalists, and policy experts—to examine how human pressures on Wisconsin’s changing lands, waters, and wildlife have redefined the state’s ecology. Though they focus on just one state, the authors draw conclusions about changes in temperate habitats that can be applied elsewhere, and offer useful insights into future of the ecology, conservation, and sustainability of Wisconsin and beyond. A fitting tribute to the home state of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, The Vanishing Present is an accessible and timely case study of a significant ecosystem and its response to environmental change.

Author: Wisconsin Lakes Partnership
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Category : Lake restoration
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: Herbert S. Garn
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 8

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Category : Lakes
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
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Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 593

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Author: John J. Magnuson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195136906
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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"Two whole lake experiments are describes : experimental acidification at Little Rock Lake and the response of Lake Mendota to a natural experiment involving agricultural and urban development. Readers will learn the benefits of doing long-term ecological research, and limnologists will discover the richness of new information derived from studying suites of neighboring lakes across time."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
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Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Author: Gilbert Carl Bortleson
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Category : Eutrophication
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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To trace the effects of cultural eutrophication, one meter sediment cores were used to determine the history of calcareous and noncalcareous Wisconsin lakes. Cores were analyzed for carbon, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium, aluminum, iron, and manganese. Determinations of organic nitrogen, exchangeable ammonium and acid soluble phosphorus were made on selected sedimentary profiles. Recent sedimentation rates and identification of pre- and postcultural sediments were determined by ragweed pollen. Enrichment of phosphorus in postcultural Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, sediments are the effect of increased phosphorus supply from domestic sewage. Chemical stratigraphy of concentration-depth diagrams permit a qualitative evaluation of cultural activities. Potentialities and limitations of using recent lake sediments to evaluate eutrophication are discussed.

Author: Edward Asahel BIRGE (and JUDAY (Chancey))
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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