This dataset contains water quality data for Maine freshwater bodies, primarily lakes and ponds. Data were collected by Lake Stewards of Maine volunteers, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and other organizations. The dataset includes individual [...] [ click to read more ]
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(Note: If your screen displays the file "AudubonLoonCounts_Maine.zipx, please ignore this file - it is an old version of the data)
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This data set contains annual mean values (with maxima and minima) for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surveyed Maine lakes. Data were collected by Maine Department of Environmental Protection [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains the results of the statewide freshwater mussel survey conducted under the direction of MDIFW. Most of the survey was conducted between 1992 and 2009. In addition to survey-collected samples, there are [...] [ click to read more ]
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Long Pond is a 2,668-acre lake located in the towns of Rome, Belgrade, and Mount Vernon and has a watershed of 22.3 square miles. The purpose of this project was to [...] [ click to read more ]
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The purpose of this project was to begin to implement the 2008 TMDL and 2009 Watershed Based Plan in order to reduce phosphorus loading to the lake. The project implemented 15 BMPs [...] [ click to read more ]
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The goal of the project was to develop a community supported watershed based management plan that would identify actions needed to improve or stabilize water quality in Long Pond. Project staff and [...] [ click to read more ]
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To view an interactive MAP of all lakes sampled during the various Cooper surveys, click HERE. This map also shows the fish species collected during these surveys.
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G. Cooper and colleagues conducted detailed lake surveys of Maine lakes in the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to species lists, the fisheries data include relative abundance, food habits and age-growth. Other data generated [...] [ click to read more ]
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Physical, chemical and biological water quality parameters were collected by the Colby College Environmental Assessment Team to determine the current health of Long Pond North. Land-use patterns and residential and commercial [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains sightings of the invasive Chinese mystery snail Cipangopaludina (= Bellamya) chinensis. Sightings were made by multiple individuals and reported to the Maine Lake Volunteer Monitoring Program which compiled the data.
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This data set is a compilation of data from multiple sources, principally Matthew Scott and William Reid. Additional records were obtained from the scientific literature. These data were compiled as part of the Maine Aquatic [...] [ click to read more ]
This file contains a list of lake associations and conservation / environmental organizations that work, in some capacity, with lakes in Maine. The data include the MIDAS codes and names of lakes present in the [...] [ click to read more ]
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Following abstract is from the project website
During the summer of 2011 Colby Researchers are conducting comprehensive photographic surveys of the shoreline of all of the Belgrade [...] [ click to read more ]
Study investigated water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and bacteria of Maine lakes, primarily in the southern part of the State.
This study used a group 49 lakes with varying trophic state but which are geographically close and morphometrically similar to assess the use of the chironomid fauna as an alternative lake classification technique.
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Profundal chironomid communities were sampled in late winter. The chironomid data were used to assign a chironomid-based lake type to each of the study lakes, based on Saether's 1979 lake classification scheme, which defines a [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains the benthic macro-invertebrate data from the Cooper and Fuller surveys of Maine lakes, conducted from 1938 to 1944. Other data generated from these surveys cover water quality, fish and plankton. The [...] [ click to read more ]
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This file contains data from surveys of plant assemblages in Maine lakes and ponds. The first two data worksheets contain data from "rapid [...] [ click to read more ]
The map displays surveyed lakes, list of fish species at each lake and fishery management type (as designated by MDIFW).
Data may be viewed in this Google Earth file: Lake_fish.kmz.
Lists of fish species in Maine [...] [ click to read more ]
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This data set contains lists of fish species in Maine lakes and are derived from MDIFW's lake survey database (2007 update). The database contains a listing of all fish [...] [ click to read more ]