Flathead Lake bio station plays key role in climate change lake study
UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station aquatic ecologist Shawn Devlin oversees the Flathead Monitoring Program, which maintains one of the strongest long-term ecological and water quality records in the world. (UM News Service)
Flathead Lake was one of 102 lakes across the globe that were subjects in a four-decade study of surface and deep-layer water temperatures. (UM News Service)
Over the last few decades, water scientists have noticed a rapid and consistent warming of surface temperatures. Changes beneath the water surface, however, have been subtler, but could still have significant consequences for lake ecosystems....
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