Limnology Tour
Stop 9:
Lake chemistry
 
Research mooring in Mirror Lake
Research mooring for long-term study of Mirror Lake

The lake itself has been monitored for chemistry for almost 40 years. We collect seasonal ‘profiles’ of the lake, i.e. discreet samples at selected depths from the surface down to near the bottom. We analyze these the same way we do all the other water chemical samples.

More to come...

   
Last Modified 01/24/07
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