Bio station tracks river health in real time
A fishing boat glides along the glassy surface of Church Slough along the Flathead River. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake FILE)
FLATHEAD LAKE – Rivers and streams are akin to arteries and blood vessels in a human body, so monitoring the metabolic respiration and production rates of Earth’s freshwaters can help us understand the overall health of our planet.
Current and former researchers with the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station were part of a scientific team that used modern environmental sensor technology to track stream vital signs in near real-time...
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