2017 volume 3 Aquatic Sciences Chronicle ASCaqua.wisc.edu/chronicle UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SEA GRANT INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE INSIDE: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH Aaron Carlson, Flickr pg.4 Fishing for Landslides Researchers use pg.7 spectrometry to map Wisconsin Social Science Superhero! wetlands’ health pg.9 Quagga Mussels Change the Rules Story on page 3 >> UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH COVER STORY Aquatic Sciences Chronicle FEATURED WEBSITE Aaron Carlson, Flickr University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center 1975 Willow Drive Madison, WI 53706-1177 Telephone: (608) 263-3259 Email:
[email protected] The Aquatic Sciences Center is the administra- Mapping the health of Wisconsin tive home of the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute & the University of Wisconsin Water wetlands using spectometry Resources Institute. Assistant Director for Communications Moira Harrington Editor Elizabeth A. White New Publication Writers Aaron R. Conklin, Moira Harrington, Website for Water- Irene Miles, Anne Moser and Marie Zhuikov Related Information Designer Yael Gen publications.aqua.wisc.edu ou’ve likely heard of fens, a particular presence of wells. Their work is backed by the type of miry and mineral-rich wetland, University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute. Circulation Manager Seeing your way through the daily barrage of emails, tweets and news feeds to Linda Campbell get to information that aids decision-making, awareness raising and — quite in the context of European geography or The team’s research is backdropped by the simply — the enjoyment of water resources can be difficult. literature. Shakespeare referenced fens in ongoing debate over new high-capacity well appli- Y“King Lear,” and J.K Rowling included them in the cations in Wisconsin.