Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10004267
Station Name:
Amber Lake
Specific Parameter:
-- All Parameters --
Additional Comments
Additional Comments about Aquatic Invasives Monitoring
Approximately how large an area do the plants occupy?
Are Loon Alert signs posted on your lake?
Banded Mystery Snail
Chick predator
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
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (1)
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 at least some data collectors monitor in June?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in May?
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 collect a specimen sample?
Did you collect a specimen sample? (2)
Did you collect a specimen sample? (3)
Did you collect a specimen sample? (4)
Did you find another invasive species?
Did you find what you suspect are Fishhook Water Fleas in this waterbody?
Did you find what you suspect are Spiny Water Fleas in this waterbody?
Did you look for Asiatic clam (Corbicula)?
Did you look for Banded mystery snails?
Did you look for Brazilian waterweed?
Did you look for Chinese mystery snails?
Did you look for Curly-Leaf Pondweed?
Did you look for Didymo?
Did you look for Eurasian Water-Milfoil?
Did you look for European frogbit
Did you look for Fanwort?
Did you look for Faucet Snails?
Did you look for Fishhook Waterfleas?
Did you look for Flowering Rush?
Did you look for Hydrilla?
Did you look for Japanese Knotweed?
Did you look for New Zealand Mudsnails?
Did you look for Parrot Feather?
Did you look for Phragmites?
Did you look for purple loosestrife?
Did you look for Quagga Mussels?
Did you look for Red Swamp Crayfish?
Did you look for Rusty crayfish?
Did you look for Spiny Waterfleas?
Did you look for Water Chestnut?
Did you look for Water Hyacinth?
Did you look for Water Lettuce?
Did you look for Yellow Flag Iris?
Did you look for Yellow Floating Heart?
Did you look for Zebra Mussels?
Did you monitor all Beaches and Boat Landings?
Did you monitor beaches and boat landings?
Did you monitor docks and piers?
Did you monitor other locations?
Did you monitor perimeter of Whole Lake?
Did you monitor the whole lake?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you observe from shoreline only?
Did you observe only from the surface?
Did you survey the entire lake?
Did you take a photo?
Did you take a photo? (2)
Did you take a photo? (3)
Did you take a photo? (4)
Did you use a handscoop?
Did you use a rake?
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?
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
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
Method of Observation
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
No target aquatic invasive species were observed
Observer Email
Observer Name (if not already recorded)
Observer Phone Number
Other invasive species found
Other office
Other ways of observing
Person who verified occurence
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SECCHI DEPTH - FEET
Site 1 - Depth of tows
Site 1 - Latitude
Site 1 - Longitude
Site 1 - Number of net tows
Site 2 - Depth of tows
Site 2 - Latitude
Site 2 - Longitude
Site 2 - Number of net tows
Site 3 - Depth of Tows
Site 3 - Latitude
Site 3 - Longitude
Site 3 - Number of net tows
Site Number
Species Name
Species Name (2)
Species Name (3)
Species Name (4)
SPINY WATER FLEA
Territorial loon pairs in residence, # pairs
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Time Spent At Landing by unpaid (volunteer) inspectors
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Was the plant floating or rooted?
Was the specimen confirmed as species?
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Were you able to locate the loon nesting sites?
Were you able to locate the nesting site? (1)
What type of ownership is the land where the nest is located? (1)
Where did you find the invasive?
Where did you find the invasive? - Latitude
Where did you find the invasive? - Longitude
Where the invasive was found: bottom covered with plants %
Where the invasive was found: substrate boulders %
Where the invasive was found: substrate cobble %
Where the invasive was found: substrate muck %
Where the invasive was found: substrate sand %
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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