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USGS Partnership Opportunities for 2008-2009 SLICE Proposal

USGS Partnership Opportunities for 2008-2009 SLICE Proposal. Richard L. Kiesling US Geological Survey MN Water Science Center 2280 Woodale Drive Mounds View, MN 55112. Sentinel watersheds and lakes as focal points of long-term monitoring and research.

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USGS Partnership Opportunities for 2008-2009 SLICE Proposal

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  1. USGS Partnership Opportunities for 2008-2009 SLICE Proposal Richard L. Kiesling US Geological Survey MN Water Science Center 2280 Woodale Drive Mounds View, MN 55112

  2. Sentinel watersheds and lakes as focal points of long-term monitoring and research USGS Objectives – Monitoring super-sentinel lakes • Continuous monitoring of physical and chemical parameters • Characterize habitat and populate bio-physical models of lake metabolism • Test prediction of published temperature/habitat models • Calibrate carbon-based lake metabolism model • Estimate important flux rates • Methods – mobile data platforms; in-lake rate est. • Instrument rafts and thermistor buoys • Sediment core incubations • Algal bioassays

  3. USGS Lake Monitoring Program Continuous water quality monitoring raft

  4. Continuous temperature data collection using temperature-logger chains at fixed locations

  5. Sentinel watersheds and lakes as focal points of long-term monitoring and research USGS Objectives – Monitoring super-sentinel lakes 2. Continuous monitoring of meteorological / physical parameters to populate bio-physical models of lake hydrology and physics

  6. Sentinel watersheds as focal points of long-term monitoring and research USGS Objectives – Monitoring watershed Monitoring of physical and chemical parameters to characterize inflow and outflow from lakes Monitor water level to characterize water mass balance Monitor discharge at tributaries and outlets Calculate loads and residence times for nutrients Estimate ground-water contributions to water balance – thermal surveys, isotope studies, water balance calculation Estimate landcover and landuse for tributary sub-watersheds and ungaged contributing zones using existing data

  7. Linked watershed-lake biophysical models to forecast future habitat and water quality Objectives: Comparison of statistical models of load / lake productivity models with dynamic, mechanistic models of productivity and habitat (bio-hydrology) • Watershed models to estimate external loading • SWAT, HSPF, or ARC-HYDRO watershed model • Lake models to estimate productivity, habitat and water quality (e.g., OECD; CE-QUAL-W2 or WASP) • 3D lake modeling to estimate fine-scale habitat and trophic dynamics (carbon cycling; stoichiometry) • realistic food-web component for algal dynamics and zooplankton grazing • Output adaptable for bio-energetics models

  8. Project Objectives – Outcomes Meeting Project Objectives – • Coordinated monitoring of three super-sentinel lakes (plus 1) • joint data-collection efforts by multiple partners • Multiple-year datasets • Strong inference into complex processes and functions • Example: Shingobee lake, MN • Data sets to test habitat model predictions; • Model system response to external forcing • Calibrate and test bio-physical models for scenario modeling • scenarios on landuse, climate and trophic dynamics / productivity • bio-hydrology

  9. Preliminary Super-sentinel Lakes

  10. Elk Lake • County: Clearwater     • Data Steward Org: MPCA   • Lake ID: 15-0010 • Lat/Long: 47.1903/-95.2178 • HUC: 07010101 • Period of Record: 1985through 2008 • Ecoregion: Northern Lakes and Forest • Basin: Upper Mississippi • Surface Area: 291.8 (acres) • Littoral Area: 73 (acres); 25% • Maximum depth: 97 (feet) • Maximum fetch: 1.1 miles

  11. Source: MPCA http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/glossary/basin.html

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  13. Trout Lake • County: Cook     • Data Steward Org: MPCA   • Lake ID: 16-0049 • Lat/Long: 47.8681/-90.1739 • HUC: 04010101 • Period of Record: 1980 through 2008 • Ecoregion: Northern Lakes and Forest • Basin: Lake Superior • Surface Area: 258.3 (acres) • Littoral Area: 59 (acres); 27% • Maximum depth: 69 (feet) • Maximum fetch: 1 mile

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  15. Lake Carlos • County: Douglas     • Data Steward Org: MPCA   • Station ID: 21-0057 • Lat/Lon: 45.9583/-95.3628 • HUC: 07010108 • Period of Record: 1973 through 2008 • Ecoregion: North Central Hardwood Forest • Basin: Upper Mississippi • Surface Area: 2611 (acres) • Littoral Area: 910 (acres); 35% • Maximum depth: 164 (feet) • Maximum fetch: 5 miles

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  17. Lake Carlos Landuse • Agricultural landuse: 43% • Open water and wetland : 17% • Urban and rural development: 4% Source: Todd County Soil and Water Cons. District

  18. Dr. Richard Kiesling US Geological Survey 2280 Woodale Drive Mounds View, MN 55112 kiesling@usgs.gov (763) 783-3131 office (612) 817-2826 cell Contact Information

  19. Lake Carlos Watershed Sites

  20. Lake Travis Sediment Flux Oct 2006

  21. Sediment Flux Measurements

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