Photo essay: E-mail from the deep

Bobbing over the 100-foot depths of northern Wisconsin’s Trout Lake, a technology-stocked buoy is helping scientists track the vital signs of major ecological change. Read about the Trout Lake monitoring buoy

Information technology specialist Paul Hanson adjust equipment on a remote sensing buoy that transmits lake data to researchers. Photo: Jeff Miller

Joe Gresens, a student staff member of northern Wisconsin’s Trout Lake Station, conducts limnology research from a boat on Allequash Lake. Photo: Jeff Miller

A fish’s eye view of Gresens above the water’s surface. Photo: Jeff Miller

Student Michelle Luebke uses an electric-shock unit to stun river fish for collection and identification. Photo: Jeff Miller

Student Karlyn Langjahr works on Trout Lake, the namesake of the research station. Photo: Jeff Miller