Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10004773
Station Name:
Balsam Lake
Specific Parameter:
-- All Parameters --
Acreage of Infestation
Active beetles seen
Additional Comments about Aquatic Invasives Monitoring
Adults only Release: New Adults - from mass rearing cage(s)
Adults only Release: New Adults - wild collected
Adults only Release: Old Adults - breeding season (May-early June)
AIS Present
AIS Sign Present
Banded Mystery Snail
Can the species move or is it attached?
Chinese Mystery Snail
CLOUD COVER
CONDUCTIVITY FIELD
County Where You Monitored
Cover
Cover (1)
Cover at sampling location: bottom covered with plants %
Cover at sampling location: substrate boulders %
Cover at sampling location: substrate cobble %
Cover at sampling location: substrate muck %
Cover at sampling location: substrate sand %
Coverage by Plant
CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED
Date of first "Ice Off"
Date sample was analyzed
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (1)
Density of zebra mussels on bottom of plate 1
Density of zebra mussels on bottom of plate 2
Density of zebra mussels on bottom of plate 3
Density of zebra mussels on bottom of plate 4 (lowermost plate)
Density of zebra mussels on top of plate 1 (uppermost plate)
Density of zebra mussels on top of plate 2
Density of zebra mussels on top of plate 3
Density of zebra mussels on top of plate 4
Depth Sampled
Depth to top of zebra mussel sampler
Describe portion of waterbody you can see from your observation point
Describe your observation point
Description of Start Location
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 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 collect a specimen sample? (5)
Did you collect a specimen sample? (6)
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 Bohemian knotweed?
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 Giant Hogweed?
Did you look for Giant Knotweed?
Did you look for Graceful Cattail?
Did you look for Hairy Willow Herb?
Did you look for Hybrid cattail?
Did you look for Hydrilla?
Did you look for Japanese Hops?
Did you look for Japanese Knotweed?
Did you look for Java water dropwort?
Did you look for Lesser Celandine?
Did you look for Manchu Tuber?
Did you look for Narrowleaf cattail?
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 Reed Mana Grass?
Did you look for Rusty crayfish?
Did you look for Southern cattail?
Did you look for Spiny Waterfleas?
Did you look for Starry stonewort?
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 docks and piers?
Did you monitor perimeter of Whole Lake?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you snorkel the search sites?
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 take a photo? (5)
Did you take a photo? (6)
Did you use rake to extract plant samples?
Did you walk along the shoreline?
Dying early-dead and brown stems
Eggs or larvae seen
Estimated area of invasive species
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
FISH LENGTH, TOTAL INCHES
FISH, WHOLE, WET WEIGHT KILOGRAMS
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
Gross Area
Gross Area (1)
Habitat Type
Has Ethanol been added to the sample?
Have you consolidated all of your samples into one composite bottle?
Herbarium or museum where specimen is
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
If releasing adult beetles, placed directly on field plants?
If you did not snorkel, why not?
If you or past observers have always used another method, describe
Infested Area
Infested Area (1)
Insect pot placed next to field plant?
Insects released in good condition?
Insects released in poor condition?
Land Ownership - County?
Land Ownership - Federal?
Land Ownership - Local Government?
Land Ownership - Private?
Land Ownership - State?
Land Ownership - Unknown?
Land Type
Landowner Name
Latitude
Latitude of sample
Live Dead Ratio
Live Dead Ratio (1)
Location Description
Longitude
Longitude of sample
MERCURY
Method of Beetle Release
Method of Release: Adult beetles only (no plants)
Method of Release: Pots - adults (may be some larvae)
Method of Release: Pots - all or primarily larvae
Month of first "Ice Off"
Most plants under 3-4 feet tall
Mussel Veliger
Name of plankton sample analyst
Nearest City/Village Town Where You Monitored
Number of Adult Beetles Released
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAMPLE
Number of plants
Number of Potted Plants
Other invasive species found
Other ways of observing
Pathway - Canal, Dam, Diversion
Pathway - Maritime
Pathway - Natural
Pathway - Organisms in trade
Pathway - Recreation
Pathway - Road & Transportation
Pathway - State & Federal
Person who verified occurence
Protocol Used
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Round holes along leaf veins?
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Sample sent to, Date
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SECCHI DEPTH - FEET
SECCHI DEPTH HIT BOTTOM
Second person who verified occurence
Site 1 - Depth of tows
Site 1 - Latitude
Site 1 - Longitude
Site 1 - Number of net tows
Site 1 - Secchi Depth
Site 2 - Depth of tows
Site 2 - Latitude
Site 2 - Longitude
Site 2 - Number of net tows
Site 2 - Secchi Depth
Site 3 - Depth of Tows
Site 3 - Latitude
Site 3 - Longitude
Site 3 - Number of net tows
Site 3 - Secchi Depth
Site is a good insectary (spring beetle collection site)
Site Name
Site Number
Species Name
Species Name (1)
Species Name (2)
Species Name (3)
Species Name (4)
Species Name (5)
Species Name (6)
SPECIES SEX CODE
Specific Directions to Site
SPINY WATER FLEA
Start Latitude
Start Location Reading Accuracy
Start Longitude
TEMPERATURE FIELD
Tops of potted plants entwined with tops of field plants?
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Was a stake or flag used to mark site today?
Was stake or flag found?
Was the aquatic invasive species found live or dead?
Was the specimen confirmed as species?
Was wetland location a ditch?
Was wetland location a field?
Was wetland location a lake/pond edge?
Was wetland location a stream edge?
Was wetland location a wooded area?
Was wetland location roadside?
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Water Depth
Water Flea Tow Method
Waterflea
Weather
Which aquatic invasive did you find?
Year of first "Ice Off"
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
ZEBRA MUSSEL, VELIGER
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
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