NSF Org:	DEB Division Of Environmental Biology
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Initial Amendment Date:	September 20, 1996
Latest Amendment Date:	August 21, 2002
Award Number:	9632853
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Henry L. Gholz DEB  Division Of Environmental Biology BIO  Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	November 1, 1996
End Date:	October 31, 2003 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$6,000,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$6,760,888.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1996 = $1,000,000.00 FY 1997 = $14,250.00 FY 1998 = $1,136,020.00 FY 1999 = $1,403,758.00 FY 2000 = $1,054,250.00 FY 2001 = $1,054,995.00 FY 2002 = $1,097,615.00
History of Investigator:	Stephen Carpenter (Principal Investigator) srcarpen@wisc.edu Monica Turner (Co-Principal Investigator) Timothy Kratz (Co-Principal Investigator) Emily Stanley (Co-Principal Investigator) John Magnuson (Former Principal Investigator) Thomas Frost (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 N PARK ST STE 6301 MADISON WI  US  53715-1218 (608)262-3822
Sponsor Congressional District:	02
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 N PARK ST STE 6301 MADISON WI  US  53715-1218
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	LCLSJAGTNZQ7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	INSTRUMENTAT & INSTRUMENT DEVP, Population & Community Ecology, LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH COLLECTION, CONNECTIONS, EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC PROGRAM
Primary Program Source:	app-0100  01000102DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT app-0102  app-0196  app-0197  app-0198  app-0199
Program Reference Code(s):	1306, 1325, 9169, 9177, 9178, 9200, 9251, EGCH, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	110800, 112800, 119500, 119700, 192200, 597800
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.074

ABSTRACT

9632853 Magnuson Lakes are central to the vitality of landscapes and society. As collectors of water, energy, solutes, and pollutants from the landscape and atmosphere, as habitats for aquatic biota, and as attractors of human activities, lakes affect and are affected by natural and human-induced changes in the local and regional landscape and atmosphere. The North Temperate Lakes Long-term Ecological Research program seeks to understand the long-term ecology of lakes and their interactions with a range of relevant landscape, atmospheric, and human processes. This program has the following interrelated goals: * Perceive long-term changes in the physical, chemical, and biological properties of lake ecosystems, * Understand interactions among physical, chemical, an biological processes within lakes and their influence on lake characteristics and long-term dynamics, * Develop a regional understanding of lake ecosystems through an analysis of the patterns and processes organizing lake districts, * Develop a regional understanding of lake ecosystems through integration of atmospheric, hydrologic, and biotic processes, and * Understand the way human, hydrologic, and biogeochemical processes interact within the terrestrial landscape to affect lakes and the way lakes, in turn, influence these interactions. Research will examine patterns, processes, and interactions of lakes and their surroundings at a nested set of spatial and temporal scales. This comprehensive long-term research program will yield important understanding of landscape-lake-human interactions that will have direct relevance to development of policies affecting the future of the Upper Great Lakes Region and enhancement of the quality of life for its residents.

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