Limnological Research Center records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains administrative materials, such as annual center reports, correspondence, membership information, and project notes. There are also materials related to research of lakes in Minnesota, including information about lake plants and animals, water quality, and nutrient levels. Finally, the collection contains publications, pamphlets, and bulletins about aquatic ecosystems, climate, pollen, sediments, and vegetation.
Dates
- 1951-1997
Creator
- University of Minnesota. Limnological Research Center (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.
Historical Note
The Limnological Research Center (LRC), founded in 1959, is a unit of the Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences (1). Its primary purpose is to research lakes, in order to reconstruct the paleorecords of regional and global environmental change (1). In 1963, the pollen laboratory was incorporated within the LRC, which allowed for many years of collaborative research with foreign paleoecologists (2). Some of the major studies conducted by the LRC include research about the effects of phosphorus on lake chemistry, the effects of storm drainage on the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, and nutrient responses of algae and whole-lake biomanipulation(2). This research is crucial in understanding the negative effects humans have on lakes, as well as how those negative effects can be counteracted, thus improving the health of the lake and its ecosystem (3). Outside of its collaboration with paleoecologists, the LRC has also collaborated with geologists, environmental engineers, ecologists, and botanists, in order to establish a catalogue of interdisciplinary research (3). This research has resulted in hundreds of publications, ranging from 1961 to the present (2).
References:
(1) Limnological Research Center Home Page
Extent
5 Cubic Feet (4 record boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
These papers include administrative material, research data and reports, publications, and pamphlets all related to operations and research conducted at the Limnological Research Center.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Administrative Material, 1960-1998
- Series 2: Reports, 1967-1993
- Series 3: Publications, 1964-2001
- Series 4: Research, 1951-1991
- Series 5: Bulletins and Pamphlets, 1971-1994
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was transferred to the University Archives by Sharon Kessler at the Limnological Research Center on February 16, 2015.
Processing Information
Processing completed with funds from the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society (2021-2022).
- Botany. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chemistry -- research Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ecology. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Environmental protection Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Geology Subject Source: Local sources
- Lakes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lakes -- Research -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Limnological Research Center records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Holscher; Katelyn Morken; Adriana Esparza
- Date
- June 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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