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Long-term hydrological and biological data from Williams and Shingobee Lakes, north-central Minnesota

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1978-01-01
End Date
2020-05-31

Citation

Rosenberry, D.O., Hudson, D.C., Webb, R.M.T., and Schuster, P.F., 2020, Long-term hydrological and biological data from Williams and Shingobee Lakes, north-central Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LZZGRG.

Summary

The Shingobee Headwaters Aquatic Ecosystem Project is a long-term, multi-disciplinary monitoring and research study of a 28-square-kilometer headwaters watershed in north-central Minnesota that began in 1978. Emphasis is on processes related to hydrology, limnology, geochemistry, and watershed ecology and the land-water and atmosphere-water interfaces. Lakes are a substantial focus and integrator of many of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur within watersheds. Large volumes of groundwater discharge provide resilience to lakes and wetlands in response to anthropogenic and climatic influences. Minnesota, located in north-central USA, has been both warmer and wetter than normal during the past several decades. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Donald O Rosenberry
Originator :
Donald O Rosenberry, Dallas C Hudson, Richard M Webb, Paul F Schuster
Metadata Contact :
Donald O Rosenberry
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Earth System Processes Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Shingobee data release metadata final.xml
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View 		21.87 KB application/fgdc+xml
ShingobeeHP2020DataArchive-V1.xlsx 44.92 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

Data were collected as part of a decades-long watershed-scale monitoring and research study conducted in northern Minnesota. Originally started to address fundamental hydrogeologic questions about exchanges between groundwater and lakes stemming from a severe drought, the scope of the study grew to emphasize interdisciplinary research and include a broad range of physical, chemical, and biological parameters. Tables in this data release provide examples of long-term changes in hydrology, limnology, and phenology within the watershed. Table "Well2" presents time-series data of the water-table elevation in a mid-depth water-table monitoring well. Table "CDNP" presents the cumulative departure from normal monthly-averaged precipitation. Table "IceDates" presents the annual day and month that the ice formed and thawed for Williams and Shingobee Lakes. Table "IceDuration" presents the total number of days that ice extended across the surface of each lake each winter. Table "FirstSightings" presents the annual day and month that several species of plants, birds, and insects were first seen in the Shingobee watershed.

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