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dating back to 2019, when historic rains inundated creeks and caused the waters of Lake Monona to rise to their highest levels in over a century, that would allow Dane County to more efficiently move large volumes of water between the
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that now serves as the source of water for
Pheasant Branch, a creek that drains from the east into Lake Mendota. Water left behind by the retreating glaciers eventually filled the current lake bed of Lake Mendota. Although a large lake that stretched from the northern part of Lake Mendota down to
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Mendota was an unsuitable habitat for the spiny water flea, which prefers cold lakes, as limnologists from the North Temperate Lakes site of the LTER had conducted over three decades of sampling trips into the lake and had never found a single spiny water flea.
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began to rapidly change. This was largely due to the Tenney Locks, which were constructed in 1849 to regulate shipping through the
Madison Isthmus and led to a four-foot increase in the water level in Lake Mendota, submerging the beaches. Additionally, due to the growth of the
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serving the Yahara chain of lakes. The city of
Madison maintains five beaches on Lake Mendota, three of which are staffed with lifeguards. On a typical summer day, the lake is filled with those engaging in water sports, including
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of both plants and animals in the lake. Eutrophication has caused a rapid increase in the abundance of aquatic plants and in the frequency of harmful algal blooms, with the latter being attributable to
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began to catalogue the bird species found in and around Lake
Mendota, and, so far, over 255 bird species, most of which regularly occur in southern Wisconsin, have been spotted during their annual
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Madison lakes about 10,000 years ago, leaving numerous shallow-water
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until environmental conditions become favorable for explosive population growth, at which point they are detected by researchers. In 2015, a reproducing population of invasive
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assistant Mallory Dragt while joyriding on their scooters in June 2021. At 1200 years old, it was the oldest known sunken boat/shipwreck in Wisconsin at that time.
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According to reports from European settlers in the early nineteenth century, Lake Mendota once had white sand beaches and clear water, with the sand being
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Ladwig, Robert; Hanson, Paul C.; Dugan, Hilary A.; Carey, Cayelan C.; Zhang, Yu; Shu, Lele; Duffy, Christopher J.; Cobourn, Kelly M. (February 25, 2021).
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between the lakes. This acquisition was part of a multi-million dollar flood mitigation effort led by Dane County Executive
515:'Dragon Dredge' as a means of reducing the consequences of flooding from the Yahara River and the Madison lakes by removing
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resting on its southern bank. The lake has a remote sensor buoy, affectionately known as 'David Buoy,' that is part of the
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1970:"Lytic Organisms and Photooxidative Effects: Influence on Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin"
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2038:. University of Wisconsin-Madison Water Blogged: The Science & Stories of the Center for Limnology. June 7, 2018
1717:"Lake thermal structure drives interannual variability in summer anoxia dynamics in a eutrophic lake over 37 years"
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Spear, Michael J.; Walsh, Jake R.; Ricciardi, Anthony; Zanden, M. Jake Vander (January 27, 2021).
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1824:"The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts"
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Lake Mendota has been called "the most studied lake in the world," with the UW–Madison
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1775:"UW–Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota"
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1798:"Invasive species often start as undetected "sleeper populations""
1949:. University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve. 2021
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2036:"Massive Blue-Green Algae Bloom Stretches Across Lake Mendota"
1119:"North Temperate Lakes: Long-term ecological research network"
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2059:"First Blue-Green Algae Blooms Appear On Madison Area Lakes"
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Villarreal Scuba divingfirst=Alexandra (November 7, 2021).
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named Frank Hudson, who claimed to be familiar with local
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that is the northernmost and largest of the four lakes in
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Information about Lake Mendota's physical characteristics
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve
471:. The degree of eutrophication was so high that in 1882,
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1691:"Climate Change Prolonging 'Dead Zones' In Lake Mendota"
1665:"The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)"
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1185:. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. July 1981
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Gillis, Michael K.; Walsh, Matthew R. (May 7, 2017).
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Lake Mendota viewed from the top of Observatory Drive
1180:"Lake Mendota – Dane County, Wisconsin DNR Lake Map"
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of the lake and serve as the foundation for aquatic
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1265:. New York City: Springer-Verlag. pp. 6–7.
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1670:. North American Lake Management Society. 2014
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1968:Fallon, R. D.; Brock, T. D. (July 11, 1979).
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1621:"Limnology at the University of Wisconsin"
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209:9,740 acres (3,940 ha) (39.4 sq. km)
2084:"Aquatic Invasive Species – Dane County"
1947:"Birds of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve"
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1645:. University of Wisconsin Regents. 2009
1623:. University of Wisconsin Regents. 2009
1531:. Sailing Club: Wisconsin Hoofers. 2008
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1977:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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1480:. City of Madison Parks Division. 2021
1295:"Lake Mendota: a scientific biography"
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1802:University of Wisconsin-Madison News
1411:. Lauer Reality Group. April 9, 2021
1319:. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2009
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1206:"How did the lakes get their names?"
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1721:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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2115:Proceedings of the Royal Society B
2057:McCoy, Mary Kate (June 16, 2020).
1577:"Wisconsin State Capitol Exterior"
1431:"Lake Mendota – Dane County Parks"
1153:. Yahara Waterways. Archived from
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380:Lake Mendota originated after the
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2208:University of Wisconsin - Madison
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1689:Chester, Jonah (March 17, 2021).
1382:Hubbuch, Chris (March 23, 2021).
1230:Patenaude, Joel (July 19, 2017).
631:founded an influential school of
372:word meaning 'large' or 'great.'
233:500 million cubic metres (18
170:562 km (217 sq mi)
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1643:"About the Center for Limnology"
1550:White, Laurel (March 14, 2015).
1409:"Lake Mendota Real Estate Guide"
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1363:. Clean Lakes Alliance. 2021
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1458:. Dane County Parks. 2021
1456:"Boating and Lake Access"
1436:. Dane County Parks. 2003
1341:. Dane County Parks. 2021
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2109:Bythotrephes longimanus
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1121:. North Temperate Lakes
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617:Wisconsin State Capitol
131:Natural freshwater lake
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2063:Wisconsin Public Radio
1841:10.1093/biosci/biaa168
1087:Lake Mendota Boathouse
1055:Lake Mendota at sunset
1043:Windsurfer on the lake
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2178:. September 22, 2022.
1529:"Hoofer Sailing Club"
1092:List of lake monsters
1030:Joseph Rusling Meeker
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109:43.10667°N 89.42472°W
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2200:at Wikimedia Commons
1506:on December 27, 2008
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915:freshwater jellyfish
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726:population densities
697:harmful algal blooms
653:Center for Limnology
637:Center for Limnology
602:cross-country skiing
549:boat launching sites
382:Wisconsin glaciation
1989:1979ApEnM..38..499F
1733:2021HESS...25.1009L
1361:"Lake Water Levels"
907:curly-leaf pondweed
641:Hoofer Sailing Club
473:Edward Asahel Birge
249:Residence time
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551:and several major
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2196:Media related to
1556:The Capital Times
1272:978-1-4612-6451-4
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