Lake Users l Teachers & Students l Resource Managers & Researchers
Lake Users
- Find customized information for your lake (User guide #1)
- View annual and seasonal trends in water transparency…
- Generate temperature and dissolved oxygen profiles…
- View lake depth map…
- Discover which fish and mussel species are present in your lake…
- Investigate fish stocking history…
- Get loon counts…
- See whether invasive plant species have been found…
- View key lake characteristics, such as area, depth, perimeter, surrounding towns, etc…
- Learn about lake water quality and biology (User guide #6)
Teachers and Students
- Learn about Maine’s freshwater fish & fisheries (User guide #7)
- Learn about the plants and animals of Maine’s freshwater ecosystems (User guide #8)
- Explore species distribution maps for aquatic plants and animals (User guide #9)
- Learn about lake water quality and biology (User guide #6)
- Get information about your watershed (User guide #2)
- Explore Acadia National Park (User guide #10)
- Search for other on-line data sources (User guide #11)
- Science guides – background information on topics such as mercury, safe drinking water, introduced fish, and “aquatic phenomena” (User guide #12)
- Resources for teachers, including curriculum materials and interpretive information (User guide #13)
- Use an interactive map to explore Maine and find PEARL data (User guide #15)
- Work with PEARL data: generate custom graphs on-line; download data (User guide #16)
Resource Managers and Researchers
- Find what data are available for your town, watershed or lake (User guide #14)
- Browse through all titles in the PEARL Data Bank (User guide #3)
- Get data from Maine’s Atlantic salmon watersheds (User guide #4)
- Review updated information about ongoing research in the Penobscot Basin and activities related to the Penobscot River Restoration Project (User guide #5)
- Find organizations involved in environmental management and conservation in Maine (User guide #17)
- Work with PEARL data: generate custom graphs on-line; download data to Excel (User guide #16)
USER GUIDE
1. Find customized information for your lake:
Go to a “Lake Overview & Data Access” page by first selecting a lake.
(PEARL home > Data Search > Find data by lake name)
Click to see an annotated version of the lake overview page that explains the information items provided.
2. Find customized information for your watershed:
Go to a “Watershed Overview & Data Access” page by first selecting a watershed.
(PEARL home > Data Search > Find data by watershed)
Click to see an annotated version of the watershed overview page that explains the information items provided.
3. Browse through all titles in the PEARL Data Bank:
Go to “Browse All Titles” on PEARL’s Data page.
(PEARL home > Data > Browse all titles)
Click on "Browse All Titles" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
4. Get data from Maine’s Atlantic salmon watersheds:
Go to the PEARL’s “Atlantic Salmon” focus topic.
(PEARL home > Focus Topics > Atlantic Salmon)
Click on "Atlantic Salmon" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
5. Review updated information about ongoing research in the Penobscot Basin and activities related to the Penobscot River Restoration Project:
Go to PEARL’s “Penobscot Synthesis” focus topic.
(PEARL home > Focus Topics > Penobscot Synthesis)
Click on "Penobscot Synthesis" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
6. Learn about lake water quality and biology:
Go to PEARL’s “Lakes Guide”.
(PEARL home > Focus Topics > Lakes Guide)
Click on "Lakes Guide" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
7. Learn about Maine’s freshwater fish & fisheries:
Go to the “Fish & Anglers” section of PEARL’s “Lakes Guide”.
(PEARL home > Focus Topics > Lakes Guide > Fish & Anglers)
Click on "Fish & Anglers" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
8. Learn about the plants and animals of Maine’s freshwater ecosystems:
Go to PEARL’s “Freshwater Biodiversity” focus topic.
(PEARL home > Focus Topics > Freshwater Biodiversity)
Click on "Freshwater Biodiversity" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
9. Explore species distribution maps for aquatic plants and animals:
See species maps in the “Freshwater Biodiversity” focus topic.
Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
10. Explore Acadia National Park:
Learn about research being done at Acadia National Park. This link will take you off the PEARL Web site.
(PEARL home > Focus Topics > Acadia National Park)
Click on "Acadia National Park" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
11. Search PEARL’s index of other on-line data sources:
Go to the “On-line Data” section of PEARL’s “Resources” page.
(PEARL home >
Other Resources > On-line Data Sources)
Click on "On-line Data" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
12. Science guides:
Go to the "Science Guides" section of PEARL’s “Resources” page.
(PEARL home > Other Resources > Science Guides)
Click on "Science Guides" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
13. Resources for teachers:
Go to the “Teacher Resources” section of PEARL’s “Resources” page.
(PEARL home > Other Resources > Teacher Resources)
Click on "Teacher Resources" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
14. Find what data are available for your town, watershed or lake:
Go to PEARL’s "Data Search" page. Select search mode.
(PEARL home > Data Search)
Click on "Data Search" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
15. Use PEARL’s interactive mapping interface to locate data by region:
Go to the “Interactive Map” option on PEARL’s “Data Search” page.
(PEARL home > Data Search > Interactive Map)
Click on "Interative Map" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
16. Work with PEARL data:
Generate custom graphs on-line; download data to Excel.
17. Find organizations involved in environmental management and conservation in Maine:
Go to the “Organizations and Programs” section of PEARL’s “Resources” page.
(PEARL home > Other Resources > Environmental Organizations & Programs)
Click on "Organizations and Programs" to go directly to that page. Click on "PEARL home" to open a new browser window and follow the page sequence directions.
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