Pollen record from Mansell Pond, Milford, and relation to cultural history.
This data set contains overall mean values for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surveyed Maine lakes. Data were collected by Maine DEP (MDEP), the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP) [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains pH, color, conductivity and alkalinity data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data are provided by ME [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains chlorophyll data for Maine lakes sampled by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data were provided by Linda Bacon, ME DEP.
Data are current through the 2018 sampling year.
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This data set contains total phosphorus data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data are provided by ME Dept. of Environmental [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains Secchi transparency data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data are provided by ME Dept. of Environmental [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains water temperature and dissolved oxygen data for Maine lakes. These data are current through 2018. Data were collected by ME Dept. of Environmental Protection, the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains annual mean values (with maxima and minima) for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surveyed Maine lakes. Data were collected by Maine Department of Environmental Protection [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains species records from Bauer (1977) as digitized and compiled by the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project in 2003. Samples were collected in each month between April 1976 and May 1977, with [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains data from a survey of Maine lakes conducted by D. Cameron (Maine Natural Areas Program). The data were compiled into this file by P. Vaux (University of Maine) as part of [...] [ click to read more ]
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This file contains data from surveys of plant assemblages in Maine lakes and ponds. The first two data worksheets contain data from "rapid [...] [ click to read more ]
G. Cooper and colleagues conducted detailed lake surveys of Maine lakes in the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to species lists, the fisheries data include relative abundance, food habits and age-growth. Other data generated [...] [ click to read more ]
Profundal chironomid communities were sampled in late winter. The chironomid data were used to assign a chironomid-based lake type to each of the study lakes, based on Saether's 1979 lake classification scheme, which defines a [...] [ click to read more ]
This study used a group 49 lakes with varying trophic state but which are geographically close and morphometrically similar to assess the use of the chironomid fauna as an alternative lake classification technique.
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Study investigated water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and bacteria of Maine lakes, primarily in the southern part of the State.
Approximately 1,000 volunteers assessed the presence of invasive (Carcinus maenas and Hemigrapsus sanguineus) and native crabs within the intertidal zone of seven coastal states of the US, from New Jersey to Maine. Identification of crab [...] [ click to read more ]
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The goal of this project was to reduce sediment loading to Cove Brook by fixing three large high priority NPS sites in the watershed. The project addressed a quarter mile section [...] [ click to read more ]
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The purpose of this project was to develop a comprehensive watershed management plan for Birch Stream. Steps in the process included: mapping the watershed’s storm systems (including property boundaries and impervious [...] [ click to read more ]
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With input from consultants and stakeholders, the City of Bangor identified and examined key components, complex issues, and concerns associated with forming and funding a stormwater utility. The project used focus [...] [ click to read more ]
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The subsurface bioretention cells installed at the Rangeley South and Downeast School sub-catchments will provide much needed reduction in peak flows and will filter out pollutants commonly found in urban stormwater. [...] [ click to read more ]
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Stormwater from Swett’s and a portion of Hogan Road will now be treated by a filter-equipped catch basin on Hogan Road. Curbing was also installed along the edge of Swett’s gas [...] [ click to read more ]
The Biological Monitoring Program displays its sampling locations and provides select biological, physical and chemical data to the public via Google Earth. All of our sampling sites are displayed and they all have general location [...] [ click to read more ]
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This data set contains lists of fish species in Maine lakes and are derived from MDIFW's lake survey database (2007 update). The database contains a listing of all fish [...] [ click to read more ]
This file contains a list of lake associations and conservation / environmental organizations that work, in some capacity, with lakes in Maine. The data include the MIDAS codes and names of lakes present in the [...] [ click to read more ]
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The Maine Wildlands Lake Assessment was initiated by the Land Use Regulation Commission in order to strengthen the Commission's ability to make informed decisions regarding the protection and [...] [ click to read more ]
These chemistry data were collected from Maine lakes that are part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s ongoing Regionalized Long-term Monitoring Program (RLTM), begun in 1982; Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) program that began [...] [ click to read more ]
This composite data set contains stream chemistry data compiled from six monitoring projects conducted by the University of Maine (Mitchell Center). The list of measured water quality parameters differs among projects, as does the time [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains the results of the statewide freshwater mussel survey conducted under the direction of MDIFW. Most of the survey was conducted between 1992 and 2009. In addition to survey-collected samples, there are [...] [ click to read more ]
The map displays surveyed lakes, list of fish species at each lake and fishery management type (as designated by MDIFW).
Data may be viewed in this Google Earth file: Lake_fish.kmz.
Lists of fish species in Maine [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains a compilation of caddisfly data from the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project database (completed in 2005). Data are from multiple sources; sources are provided for each record. Included in this [...] [ click to read more ]
This table contains a compilation of blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) data from the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project (MABP) database. Data were extracted from the MABP database in January 2005. Taxon names represent taxonomy current [...] [ click to read more ]
This data set contains stonefly records for Maine, compiled from multiple data sources by the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project. Some records are geo-referenced only to the county or state levels, while site coordinates have been [...] [ click to read more ]
In the fall of 2003, Ed Lindsey, a teacher at Central High School in Corinth wanted to have his chemistry class engaged in a community-oriented environmental project with real life science problems. Kenduskeag Stream and [...] [ click to read more ]