LSM-DEP Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Form 142a
LSM-DEP Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Form 142a Form last updated 2026 To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
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Water Quality Monitoring
Viewing Scopes
Viewing Scopes Quick Links View scopes, regardless of their type, help us peer through the reflective surface of the water and into the amazing aquatic world! LSM supplies, offers demonstration workshops, sells, and provides instruction on how to make your own view scope. Instructions to fabricate a view scope by type: Bucket Scope Cover Bucket
Maine Lake Data
Maine Lake Data Quick Links Lake Stewards of Maine (LSM) trains volunteers to collect many types of data related to lake health. In addition, LSM collects and catalogs data from other organizations, such as the Maine Audubon, Maine DEP, Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, USGS, and NOAA. LSM and partner data is stored in a
Volunteer
Volunteer Quick Links Training and certification are central to the work we perform at Lake Stewards of Maine.All volunteer water quality monitors and invasive plant patrollers must be certifiedin order for their data to be shared publicly. High-quality, replicable data collection is essential to ensuring scientific credibility.This allows us—and other researchers—to better understand and protect
eDNA
eDNA Quick Links Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a method of testing for the presence of specific species or groups of organisms in a background sample. Unlike traditional DNA testing, eDNA can identify organisms that are not directly present in a sample but have left genetic material behind or free-floating in the water. eDNA is diluted
Lake Stewards of Maine Live Water Quality Monitoring Data
Lake Stewards of Maine Live Water Quality Monitoring Data
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Maine’s Water Quality Data
Maine’s Water Quality Data Quick Links Distribution of Water Quality Data The data illustrated here are based on the long-term means (average of all the historical annual averages) for each parameter measured in Maine lakes. Every effort has been made to ensure that the data are representative. Data Source: LSM and Maine DEP This
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Cyanobacteria Monitoring
Cyanobacteria Monitoring Quick Links Citizen lake scientists are helping detect cyanobacteria blooms. Want to help? Please check out these three excellent programs available through EPA! BloomWatch – Do you notice that a lake suddenly turned the color of pea soup or a blue-green paint spill? Do you see green clumps, flakes or filaments floating in a
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Understanding Water Quality Indicators
Understanding Water Quality Indicators Quick Links Transparency, Polluted Stormwater Runnoff, and Algae There are many imminent threats to Maine lakes. Near the top of the list, and perhaps the most pervasive, is the potential for lakes to become nutrient enriched and more biologically productive due to development in lake watersheds. This condition is often characterized
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LSM Webinar 20210611 Mountain Ponds as Sentinels of Change in the Northeast
LSM Webinar 20210611 Mountain Ponds as Sentinels of Change in the Northeast https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/562847013/6a6aa1786b Quick Links Presented by Dr. Rachel Hovel Mountain ponds in the northeastern US generally have few direct anthropogenic impacts, so may act as a regional background signal for changing atmospheric deposition and climate change. This talk will present long-term trends on changing
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