LAGOS-NE-GEO v1.05: A module for LAGOS-NE, a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of U.S. Lakes: 1925-2013

This data package, LAGOS-NE-GEO v1.05, is 1 of 5 data packages
associated with the LAGOS-NE database-- the LAke multi-scaled
GeOSpatial and temporal database. Three of the data packages each
contain different types of data for 51,101 lakes and reservoirs larger
than 4 ha in 17 lake-rich U.S. states to support research on thousands
of lakes. These three package are: (1) LAGOS-NE-LOCUS: lake location
and physical characteristics for all lakes. (2) LAGOS-NE-GEO:
ecological context (i.e., the land use, geologic, climatic, and
hydrologic setting of lakes) for all lakes. These geospatial data were
created by processing national-scale and publicly-accessible datasets
to quantify numerous metrics at multiple spatial resolutions. And, (3)
LAGOS-NE-LIMNO: in-situ measurements of lake water quality from the
past three decades for approximately 2,600-12,000 lakes, depending on
the variable. This module was created by harmonizing 87 water quality
datasets from federal, state, tribal, and non-profit agencies,
university researchers, and citizen scientists. The other two data
packages contain supporting data for the LAGOS-NE database: (4)
LAGOS-NE-GIS v1.0: the GIS data layers for lakes, wetlands, and
streams, as well as the spatial resolutions that were used to create
the LAGOS-NEGEO module. (5) LAGOS-NE-RAWDATA: the original 87 datasets
of lake water quality prior to processing, the R code that converts
the original data formats into LAGOS-NE data format, and the log file
from this procedure to create LAGOS-NE. This latter data package
supports the reproducibility of LAGOS-NE-LIMNO. The LAGOS-NE-GEO v1.05 module includes information on the ecological
context of the census lakes, all lakes > 4 ha in the study extent,
their watersheds, and their regions. The information provided in the
data tables for this module is organized into three main themes: CHAG
- climate, hydrology, atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur,
and surficial geology; LULC - land use/cover, impervious cover, canopy
cover, slope and terrain indices, and dam density; and CONN - lake,
stream, and wetland abundance and connectivity measures. Citation for the full documentation of this database: Soranno, P.A., E.G. Bissell, K.S. Cheruvelil, S.T. Christel, S.M.
Collins, C.E. Fergus, C.T. Filstrup, J.F. Lapierre, N.R. Lottig, S.K.
Oliver, C.E. Scott, N.J. Smith, S. Stopyak, S. Yuan, M.T. Bremigan,
J.A. Downing, C. Gries, E.N. Henry, N.K. Skaff, E.H. Stanley, C.A.
Stow, P.-N. Tan, T. Wagner, K.E. Webster. 2015. Building a
multi-scaled geospatial temporal ecology database from disparate data
sources: Fostering open science and data reuse. GigaScience 4:28
doi:10.1186/s13742-015-0067-4 Citation for the data paper for this database: Soranno, P.A., L.C. Bacon, M. Beauchene, K.E. Bednar, E.G. Bissell,
C.K. Boudreau, M.G. Boyer, M.T. Bremigan, S.R. Carpenter, J.W. Carr,
K.S. Cheruvelil, S.T. Christel, M. Claucherty, S.M.Collins, J.D.
Conroy, J.A. Downing, J. Dukett, C.E. Fergus, C.T. Filstrup, C. Funk,
M.J. Gonzalez, L.T. Green, C. Gries, J.D. Halfman, S.K. Hamilton, P.C.
Hanson, E.N. Henry, E.M. Herron, C. Hockings, J.R. Jackson, K.
Jacobson-Hedin, L.L. Janus, W.W. Jones, J.R. Jones, C.M. Keson, K.B.S.
King, S.A. Kishbaugh, J.-F. Lapierre, B. Lathrop, J.A. Latimore, Y.
Lee, N.R. Lottig, J.A. Lynch, L.J. Matthews, W.H. McDowell, K.E.B.
Moore, B.P. Neff, S.J. Nelson, S.K. Oliver, M.L. Pace, D.C. Pierson,
A.C. Poisson, A.I. Pollard, D.M. Post, P.O. Reyes, D.O. Rosenberry,
K.M. Roy, L.G. Rudstam, O. Sarnelle, N.J. Schuldt, C.E. Scott, N.K.
Skaff, N.J. Smith, N.R. Spinelli, J.J. Stachelek, E.H. Stanley, J.L.
Stoddard, S.B. Stopyak, C.A. Stow, J.M. Tallant, P.-N. Tan, A.P.
Thorpe, M.J. Vanni, T. Wagner, G. Watkins, K.C. Weathers, K.E.
Webster, J.D. White, M.K. Wilmes, S. Yuan. In Review. LAGOS-NE: A
multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological
context and water quality for thousands of U.S. lakes. In Review at
GigaScience. Submitted April 2017.