Missouri Lakes and Reservoirs Long-term Limnological Dataset

This data set compiles 43 years of limnological data from Missouri
lakes and reservoirs collected by the University of Missouri Limnology
Lab. Although the dataset includes information from nine different
projects, the bulk of the data (~75%) come from the Statewide Lake
Assessment Project and the Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program, both
of them funded primarily by Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
The Statewide Lake Assessment Project began in 1978 sampling a small
set of reservoirs. In 1989 the assessment expanded to include regular
annual summer monthly collections between May and August, though
monitoring was extended for some reservoirs in certain years. We
monitored 240 lakes to create the dataset, which represents over 2600
lake-years. The Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program began in 1992
monitoring 5 lakes and reservoirs and has expanded to 121 sites on 65
waterbodies. Volunteer community scientists monitor their respective
sites approximately 8 times per season (April through September). This
dataset represents over 15,000 sample events. Lake Ozarks is a
long-term (1976-2014) spatial examination of a single large reservoir
during summer. Table Rock Monitoring is another multi-year (1995-2009)
spatial examination of a large reservoir, but includes year-round
data. The rest of the projects included in the dataset monitored
Missouri lakes and reservoirs at various intervals including daily
(Woodrail, Daily), weekly (icubed), and biweekly (High Res).