Cedar Bog Lake Food Web Study

This dataset contains water quality data from multiple locations and dates collected from surface waters of Cedar Bog Lake (CBL) during summers of 2016 -2018. Sampling of biogeochemical and water quality parameters measured include, dissolved inorganic and organic carbon, total dissolved nitrogen, total phosphorus, particulate particulate and total dissolved phosphorus, soluble reactive phosphorus, and algal biomass (as chlorophyll a). These data were collected to support research examining energy flow pathways in the lake using stable isotopes, and to contribute to long term water data for the lake, adding to previous similar water quality data. The food web analyses project was developed to compare energy flow in CBL food webs between the foundational original studies by Raymond Lindeman in the 1930s to those inferred from stable isotope analyses. The food web project also examined constraints on resource use by consumers imposed by chemical conditions, and explored the potential role of methane as an energy source for consumers. Stable isotope data for food web components, including fish and invertebrates, will be published separately.