UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 16:21
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin-Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling craft Limnos anchored about one-quarter mile offshore on a clear sunny day, four students pulled up a small net and began poking through its contents.
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