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The history of Madison's lakes — and the scientific findings that have emerged from them
In 1895, UW–Madison professor Edward Birge set out to answer a question he had about zooplankton in Lake Mendota after reading a French scientific paper, and his research marked the beginning of limnology in North America. Since then, UW–Madison scientists …