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  • LAGOS-US LIMNO
  • Shuvo, Arnab K; University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Lottig, Noah R; University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Webster, Katherine E; Michigan State University
    Delany, Austin; University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Reinl, Kait; University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Gries, Corinna; University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Smith, Nicole; Michigan State University
    Poisson, Autumn C; Michigan State University
    McCullough, Ian M; Michigan State University
    Collins, Sarah M; University of Wyoming
    King, Katelyn B.S.; Michigan State University
    Phillips, E
    Cheruvelil, Kendra S; Michigan State University
    Soranno, Patricia A; Michigan State University
  • 2023-06-14
  • Shuvo, A.K., N.R. Lottig, K.E. Webster, A. Delany, K. Reinl, C. Gries, N. Smith, A.C. Poisson, I.M. McCullough, S.M. Collins, K.B. King, E. Phillips, K.S. Cheruvelil, and P.A. Soranno. 2023. LAGOS-US LIMNO ver 4. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • The LAGOS-US LIMNO data package is one of the core data modules of LAGOS-US, an extensible research-ready platform designed to study the 479,950 lakes and reservoirs larger than or equal to 1 ha in the conterminous US (48 states plus the District of Columbia). The LIMNO module contains in situ observations of 47 specific variables for surface samples of lake physics, chemistry, and biology obtained from the Water Quality Portal, the National Lakes Assessment (2007, 2012, 2017), and NEON lakes. LIMNO provides 3,511,020 observations across the 47 parameters collected between 1975 and 2021 from 20,329 unique lakes; the number of observations per lake ranged from 1 to 20,605 with median = 32. The database design that supports the LAGOS-US research platform was created based on several important design features: lakes are the fundamental unit of consideration, all lakes in the spatial extent above the minimum size must be represented, and most information is connected to individual lakes. The design is modular, interoperable (the modules can be used with each other), and extensible (future database modules can be developed and used in the LAGOS-US research platform by others). Users are encouraged to use the other two core data modules that are part of the LAGOS-US platform: LOCUS (location, identifiers, and physical characteristics of lakes and their watersheds) and GEO (characteristics defining geospatial and temporal ecological setting quantified at multiple spatial divisions) that are each found in their own data packages.

  • N: 49.0      S: 25.0      E: -67.0      W: -125.0
  • edi.1439.4  (Uploaded 2023-06-14)  
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