Section 1	Identification Information
Originator	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Division of Fish and Wildlife, Section of Fisheries
Title	Fisheries Lake Survey Database
Abstract	A collection of physical, chemical and biological information concerning habitat, water quality and fish population characteristics of Minnesota lakes that allow development of lake specific management plans, evaluation of management techniques and monitoring. Data have been collected since 1954 (60% of data from 1980 or later).
Purpose
Time Period of Content Date	1997
Currentness Reference
Progress	In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency	Annually. On average, individual lake data updated every 6 to 9 years; priority determined by size, level of use, management questions.
Spatial Extent of Data	Minnesota (approximately 4000 out of 5363 lakes managed for fishing)
Place Keywords	Minnesota
Theme Keywords	Fisheries, Water Chemistry, Secondary Productivity, Aquatic Systems, Lake
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	None
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Henry Drewes, Survey Coordinator Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Division of Fish and Wildlife, Section of Fisheries 500 Lafayette Road, Box 12 St. Paul, MN 55155-4012 Phone: 651-297-8237 FAX: 651-297-4916 E-mail: henry.drewes@dnr.state.mn.us
Browse Graphic File Name	None available
Associated Data Sets	Fishbase Data Warehouse Fish Database for Statewide Stream Surveys
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Native Data Set Environment	Unknown
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	Not applicable
Spatial Object Type	Not applicable
Vendor Specific Object Types	Not applicable
Tiling Scheme	Not applicable
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Entity and Attribute Overview	Spatial and temporal scales data intended to characterize annual fish population size, chemical characteristics of water and habitat.
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation	Manual of Instructions for Lake Survey, Special Publication No. 147 Fisheries Survey System User's Guide and Data Dictionary, Special Publication No. 147, Addendum Public Lake Information Reports DNR internal reports
Section 7	Metadata Reference Information - - - - - - Go back to top
Metadata Date	06/30/1997
Contact Person Information	Chad Skally Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4044 Phone: 651-296-0757 FAX: 651-296-5954 E-mail: chad.skally@dnr.state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	1.1
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.gis.state.mn.us/stds/metadata.htm

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