Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10014629
Station Name:
Mercer Lake
Specific Parameter:
-- All Parameters --
About how many individuals were there?
Are Loon Alert signs posted on your lake?
Banded Mystery Snail
Can the species move or is it attached?
Chinese Mystery Snail
CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED
Date loons first arrived in spring
Date loons first departed in fall
Date of first "Ice Off"
Date of first "Ice On"
Date sample was analyzed
Describe portion of waterbody you can see from your observation point
Describe your observation point
Diameter of zooplankton net opening
Did at least some data collectors monitor in August?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in July?
Did chicks die due to unknown cause?
Did loons use your lake as part of their migration route?
Did loons use your lake during the summer?
Did the eggs in the nest fail to hatch? (1)
Did you check underwater solid surfaces (boat hulls, dock legs, rocks)?
Did you collect a sample and bring it to a DNR office? If so, which office?
Did you find another invasive species?
Did you monitor all Beaches and Boat Landings?
Did you monitor docks and piers?
Did you monitor perimeter of Whole Lake?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you survey the entire lake?
Did you take a photo?
Did you use rake to extract plant samples?
Did you walk along the shoreline?
Did your lake lose any chicks?
Does your lake have a lake association?
Estimated area of invasive species
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
Fall migration # loons using lake
FISH LENGTH, TOTAL INCHES
FISH, WHOLE, WET WEIGHT KILOGRAMS
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
Habitat Type
Have you consolidated all of your samples into one composite bottle?
How many chicks hatched for the entire lake?, # chicks
How many chicks survived to 4- weeks?, # chicks
How many chicks survived to 8-weeks?, # chicks
How many public landings are on your lake?
How often are you at your lake property?
How often were you able to check the lake for loons?
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
Ice Duration (Total number of dates frozen, if lake was observed daily)
If you or past observers have always used another method, describe
MERCURY
Month loons first arrived in spring
Month loons first departed in fall
Month of first "Ice Off"
Month of first "Ice On"
Name of plankton sample analyst
Nesting pairs who hatched chicks, # pairs
Nesting territorial loon pairs, # pairs
Non-territorial loons in residence, # loons
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAMPLE
Occasional use by non-residents, # loons
Other invasive species found
Other office
Other ways of observing
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
Species Name
SPECIES SEX CODE
SPINY WATER FLEA
Spring migration # loons using lake
Territorial loon pairs in residence, # pairs
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Was the aquatic invasive species found live or dead?
Was the specimen confirmed as species?
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Water Depth
Were you able to locate the loon nesting sites?
Were you able to locate the nesting site? (1)
What type of nesting site was used? (1)
What type of ownership is the land where the nest is located? (1)
Where did you find the invasive? - Latitude
Where did you find the invasive? - Longitude
Where was the invasive species located?
Which aquatic invasive did you find?
Which months or dates?
Year of first "Ice Off"
Year of first "Ice On"
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
ZEBRA MUSSEL, VELIGER
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
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