Annotated bibliography of Voyageurs National Park interior lakes documents and datasets

LeDuc, Jaime; Maki, Ryan

doi:10.36967/nrr-2282255

Voyageurs National Park (Voyageurs) in northern Minnesota offers its visitors an opportunity to experience the northwoods lake country that was once part of the historic water route traveled by the French-Canadian fur traders, who contributed significantly to the opening of the northwestern United States. Voyageurs was established in 1975 under Public Law 91-661 to preserve “the outstanding scenery, geological conditions, and waterway system which constituted a part of the historic route of the Voyageurs.” As a unit of the National Park Service, park management is committed to conserving the natural resources for the enjoyment of future generations (1916 NPS Organic Act). Voyageurs National Park encompasses part or all of four larger lakes and twenty-six smaller lakes commonly denoted as “interior lakes.” A substantial amount of interior lake research and monitoring has been carried out, including investigations of fish populations and species assemblages, water quality, mercury contamination, paleolimnology, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, vegetation, and furbearers. The objective of this annotated bibliography is to consolidate existing information, to improve access to the information, and to support informed and science-based interior lake management. Organization of this Bibliography The first section lists entries by topic. Within a topic, entries are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Documents not identifying an author are listed as “No Author”. Entries with the same author(s) are listed from oldest to most recent. Topical entries include a summary of the document. The second and third sections can be used as a cross-reference for Section 1. Section 2 lists all entries by lake. Section 3 lists all entries by author name.

Annotated bibliography of Voyageurs National Park interior lakes documents and datasets

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