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  • Itasca Biological Station Lake Ice Cover Data
  • Simons, Victoria F.; Station Scientist; UMN Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories
  • 2024-03-01
  • Simons, V.F. 2024. Itasca Biological Station Lake Ice Cover Data ver 3. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-29).

  • Established in 1907, the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories is a field station focused on conducting and promoting biological and ecological research. Part of this mission consists of long-term ecological monitoring efforts taken on by station staff. This dataset is one of such long-term efforts. Station staff tracked and recorded dates when lakes completely froze each winter (ice on, recorded when >99% of the lake was covered) as well as when they completely thawed each spring (ice off, recorded when >99% of the lake was open). Monitoring focused on Lake Itasca, with several other lakes in the region being added as various staff became associated with the Itasca Station.

  • N: 47.346114      S: 47.161565      E: -95.156335      W: -95.309518
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