Bill – thanks for your kind offer! Thanks also for your practical suggestions. If we are going to do it, do it right, eh?? It would indeed be interesting to monitor oxygen in a pond with only snow removed. I’m not sure if I have one to do that, but “surely” could find one.
My initial thought on some winter research actually has me a little worried. What I need is a graduate student who can accomplish all this work. I’m afraid that I don’t have personal time for a thorough project, such as the one you envision. Maybe my next step better see if I can convince any funding agency that we need to do this work. It’s expensive to maintain a graduate student these days. However, that is one way to ensure a thorough job! I do have one current graduate student who was willing to run the temp/dissolved oxygen profiles this winter, but he has another project that takes most of his time. I doubt whether snow removal will fit into his schedule. Let me chew on this a while, and thanks again!
It’s been cold the past two nights, so we are actually making some ice. However, the forecast is for highs in the 40s for the next week or so.
Dave
