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Soranno PA, Bacon LC, Beauchene M, et al. LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes. Gigascience. 2017;6(12):1-22doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix101.
Soranno, P. A., Bacon, L. C., Beauchene, M., Bednar, K. E., Bissell, E. G., Boudreau, C. K., Boyer, M. G., Bremigan, M. T., Carpenter, S. R., Carr, J. W., Cheruvelil, K. S., Christel, S. T., Claucherty, M., Collins, S. M., Conroy, J. D., Downing, J. A., Dukett, J., Fergus, C. E., Filstrup, C. T., Funk, C., Gonzalez, M. J., Green, L. T., Gries, C., Halfman, J. D., Hamilton, S. K., Hanson, P. C., Henry, E. N., Herron, E. M., Hockings, C., Jackson, J. R., Jacobson-Hedin, K., Janus, L. L., Jones, W. W., Jones, J. R., Keson, C. M., King, K. B. S., Kishbaugh, S. A., Lapierre, J. F., Lathrop, B., Latimore, J. A., Lee, Y., Lottig, N. R., Lynch, J. A., Matthews, L. J., McDowell, W. H., Moore, K. E. B., Neff, B. P., Nelson, S. J., Oliver, S. K., Pace, M. L., Pierson, D. C., Poisson, A. C., Pollard, A. I., Post, D. M., Reyes, P. O., Rosenberry, D. O., Roy, K. M., Rudstam, L. G., Sarnelle, O., Schuldt, N. J., Scott, C. E., Skaff, N. K., Smith, N. J., Spinelli, N. R., Stachelek, J. J., Stanley, E. H., Stoddard, J. L., Stopyak, S. B., Stow, C. A., Tallant, J. M., Tan, P. N., Thorpe, A. P., Vanni, M. J., Wagner, T., Watkins, G., Weathers, K. C., Webster, K. E., White, J. D., Wilmes, M. K., & Yuan, S. (2017). LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes. GigaScience, 6(12), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/gix101
Soranno, Patricia A, et al. "LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes." GigaScience vol. 6,12 (2017): 1-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/gix101
Soranno PA, Bacon LC, Beauchene M, Bednar KE, Bissell EG, Boudreau CK, Boyer MG, Bremigan MT, Carpenter SR, Carr JW, Cheruvelil KS, Christel ST, Claucherty M, Collins SM, Conroy JD, Downing JA, Dukett J, Fergus CE, Filstrup CT, Funk C, Gonzalez MJ, Green LT, Gries C, Halfman JD, Hamilton SK, Hanson PC, Henry EN, Herron EM, Hockings C, Jackson JR, Jacobson-Hedin K, Janus LL, Jones WW, Jones JR, Keson CM, King KBS, Kishbaugh SA, Lapierre JF, Lathrop B, Latimore JA, Lee Y, Lottig NR, Lynch JA, Matthews LJ, McDowell WH, Moore KEB, Neff BP, Nelson SJ, Oliver SK, Pace ML, Pierson DC, Poisson AC, Pollard AI, Post DM, Reyes PO, Rosenberry DO, Roy KM, Rudstam LG, Sarnelle O, Schuldt NJ, Scott CE, Skaff NK, Smith NJ, Spinelli NR, Stachelek JJ, Stanley EH, Stoddard JL, Stopyak SB, Stow CA, Tallant JM, Tan PN, Thorpe AP, Vanni MJ, Wagner T, Watkins G, Weathers KC, Webster KE, White JD, Wilmes MK, Yuan S. LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes. Gigascience. 2017 Dec 01;6(12):1-22. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix101. PMID: 29053868; PMCID: PMC5721373.
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Gigascience. 2017 Dec 01;6(12):1-22. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix101.

LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes.

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Patricia A Soranno, Linda C Bacon, Michael Beauchene, Karen E Bednar, Edward G Bissell, Claire K Boudreau, Marvin G Boyer, Mary T Bremigan, Stephen R Carpenter, Jamie W Carr, Kendra S Cheruvelil, Samuel T Christel, Matt Claucherty, Sarah M Collins, Joseph D Conroy, John A Downing, Jed Dukett, C Emi Fergus, Christopher T Filstrup, Clara Funk, Maria J Gonzalez, Linda T Green, Corinna Gries, John D Halfman, Stephen K Hamilton, Paul C Hanson, Emily N Henry, Elizabeth M Herron, Celeste Hockings, James R Jackson, Kari Jacobson-Hedin, Lorraine L Janus, William W Jones, John R Jones, Caroline M Keson, Katelyn B S King, Scott A Kishbaugh, Jean-Francois Lapierre, Barbara Lathrop, Jo A Latimore, Yuehlin Lee, Noah R Lottig, Jason A Lynch, Leslie J Matthews, William H McDowell, Karen E B Moore, Brian P Neff, Sarah J Nelson, Samantha K Oliver, Michael L Pace, Donald C Pierson, Autumn C Poisson, Amina I Pollard, David M Post, Paul O Reyes, Donald O Rosenberry, Karen M Roy, Lars G Rudstam, Orlando Sarnelle, Nancy J Schuldt, Caren E Scott, Nicholas K Skaff, Nicole J Smith, Nick R Spinelli, Joseph J Stachelek, Emily H Stanley, John L Stoddard, Scott B Stopyak, Craig A Stow, Jason M Tallant, Pang-Ning Tan, Anthony P Thorpe, Michael J Vanni, Tyler Wagner, Gretchen Watkins, Kathleen C Weathers, Katherine E Webster, Jeffrey D White, Marcy K Wilmes, Shuai Yuan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
  2. Department of Environmental Protection, State of Maine, Augusta, ME 04330, USA.
  3. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
  4. Water Resources Program, Lac du Flambeau Tribal Natural Resources, Lac du Flambeau, WI, USA.
  5. Environmental Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA.
  6. Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
  7. Office of Watershed Management, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, West Boylston, MA 10583, USA.
  8. Watershed Protection, Tipp of the Mitt Watershed Council, Petoskey, MI 49770, USA.
  9. Division of Wildlife, Inland Fisheries Research Unit, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Hebron, OH 43025, USA.
  10. Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812 USA.
  11. Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation, Ray Brook, NY 12977 USA.
  12. National Research Council, US Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA.
  13. Office of Air and Radiation, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460, USA.
  14. Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
  15. Natural Resource Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02892 USA.
  16. Geoscience, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456 USA.
  17. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, USA.
  18. Outreach and Engagement, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  19. Watershed Watch, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
  20. Natural Resource Department, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538, USA.
  21. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Bridgeport, NY, USA.
  22. Office of Water Protection, Fond du Lac Reservation, Cloquet, MN 55720 USA.
  23. Bureau of Water Supply, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Valhalla, NY 10560, USA.
  24. School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA.
  25. School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
  26. Natural Resource Department, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Harbor Springs, MI 49740, USA.
  27. Division of Water, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY 12233, USA.
  28. Department of Biological Science, University of Montreal, Montreal Quebec, Canada, H3C 3J7.
  29. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 17101 USA.
  30. Office of Watershed Management, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Belchertown, MA 01007, USA.
  31. Trout Lake Research Station, University of Wisconsin, Boulder Junction, WI 54512, USA.
  32. Lakes and Ponds Program, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Montpelier, VT 05620, USA.
  33. Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
  34. Water Quality Science and Research, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Kingston, NY 12401, USA.
  35. National Research Program, USGS, Denver CO 80225, USA.
  36. School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
  37. Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
  38. Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
  39. Office of Water, US EPA, Washington, DC 20460, USA.
  40. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Connecticut 06511, USA.
  41. National Research Program, USGS, Denver, CO 80225, USA.
  42. Division of Air Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Ray Brook, NY 12977, USA.
  43. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
  44. Environmental Program, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Cloquet, MN 55720, USA.
  45. Aquatic Science, NEON, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.
  46. Watershed Management, Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District, Hawley, PA, USA.
  47. Western Ecology Division, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA.
  48. Technology Services, Eaton County, Charlotte, MI, USA.
  49. Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, NOAA, Ann Arbor, MI 47176, USA.
  50. Biological Station, University of Michigan, Pellston, MI 49769, USA.
  51. Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
  52. Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 USA.
  53. Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, USGS, 402 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
  54. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA.
  55. School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
  56. Biology Department, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA 01702, USA.
  57. Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan, Lansing, MI 48909, USA.

PMID: 29053868 PMCID: PMC5721373 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/gix101

Abstract

Understanding the factors that affect water quality and the ecological services provided by freshwater ecosystems is an urgent global environmental issue. Predicting how water quality will respond to global changes not only requires water quality data, but also information about the ecological context of individual water bodies across broad spatial extents. Because lake water quality is usually sampled in limited geographic regions, often for limited time periods, assessing the environmental controls of water quality requires compilation of many data sets across broad regions and across time into an integrated database. LAGOS-NE accomplishes this goal for lakes in the northeastern-most 17 US states.LAGOS-NE contains data for 51 101 lakes and reservoirs larger than 4 ha in 17 lake-rich US states. The database includes 3 data modules for: lake location and physical characteristics for all lakes; ecological context (i.e., the land use, geologic, climatic, and hydrologic setting of lakes) for all lakes; and in situ measurements of lake water quality for a subset of the lakes from the past 3 decades for approximately 2600-12 000 lakes depending on the variable. The database contains approximately 150 000 measures of total phosphorus, 200 000 measures of chlorophyll, and 900 000 measures of Secchi depth. The water quality data were compiled from 87 lake water quality data sets from federal, state, tribal, and non-profit agencies, university researchers, and citizen scientists. This database is one of the largest and most comprehensive databases of its type because it includes both in situ measurements and ecological context data. Because ecological context can be used to study a variety of other questions about lakes, streams, and wetlands, this database can also be used as the foundation for other studies of freshwaters at broad spatial and ecological scales.

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press.

Keywords: LAGOS-NE; ecological context; lake database; lake eutrophication; lake trophic state; nutrients; open science; water quality

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