Ella Novion ('28) and Elisa Arteaga ('26)
Every year in late-May, the Lake Science team at 7 Lakes Alliance is joined by a group of summer research students from Colby College to work on research projects across the seven lakes of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed. In addition to helping with our routine monitoring program, the students work closely with us and multiple labs at Colby on individual projects investigating how lake water quality is influenced by characteristics of chemistry, biology, and physics. We were thrilled to have another group of motivated and hard-working students working with us this summer!
Below is the PDF of the findings from the Colby student’s 2025 research, including projects on wake boats, AI methods for forecasting water quality, nutrients and zooplankton in our lakes, the North Pond algal blooms, and loon monitoring!
2025 Colby Student Research Presentations
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