Invertebrate Data from Lake Mendota, Wisconsin 2016 - 2018

This dataset includes data from three studies at Lake Mendota Wisconsin. There was one study on zebra mussels (Michael J Spear and Jake Vander Zanden. 2020. Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, USA, Zebra Mussel Density and Biomass 2016-2018. urn:node:LTER. https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-ntl/393/1), another study on invertebrates excluding zebra mussels (Michael J Spear, Petra Wakker, Kurt L Schmude, and Jake Vander Zanden. 2020. Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, USA, (Non-Dreissenid) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Abundance, Biomass, and Community Composition 2016-2018. urn:node:LTER. https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-ntl/394/1). The final study we used included meteorological conditions of the Lake area (NTL Lead PI, John Magnuson, Stephen Carpenter, and Emily Stanley. 2010. North Temperate Lakes LTER: High Frequency Data: Meteorological, Dissolved Oxygen, Chlorophyll, Phycocyanin - Lake Mendota Buoy 2006 - current. LTER Network Member Node. https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-ntl/129/27). This dataset was created for our team to answer a question on the impact of zebra mussels on a lake and to practice the data management process.