Rapid shallowing can trigger dramatic ecological changes and challenges within and beyond arid, nutrient-rich lakes

Data used for the "Rapid shallowing can trigger dramatic ecological changes and challenges within and beyond arid, nutrient-rich lakes" manuscript.In addition to data generated from this study,Fig. 1 data modified after Hung, C., Diamond, C., Sinclair, R., Lee, I., Stenstrom, M., Freilich, M. A., Montgomery, Q., Marquez, C. &amp; Lyons, T. Nutrient loading as a key cause of short- and long-term anthropogenic ecological degradation of the Salton Sea. <i>Sci. Rep.</i> <b>14</b>, 31247 (2024) and Sherwood, J. E., Stagnitti, F., Kokkinn, M. J. &amp; Williams, W. D. Dissolved oxygen concentrations in hypersaline waters. <i>Limnol. Oceanogr.</i> <b>36</b>, 235–250 (1991).<br>Fig. 2 and 5 data were adapted from Schroeder, Roy A., William H. Orem, and Yousif K. Kharaka. "Chemical evolution of the Salton Sea, California: nutrient and selenium dynamics." <i>The Salton Sea: Proceedings of the Salton Sea Symposium, held in Desert Hot Springs, California, 13–14 January 2000</i>. Springer Netherlands, 2002. and Reese, Brandi Kiel, Michael A. Anderson, and Christopher Amrhein. "Hydrogen sulfide production and volatilization in a polymictic eutrophic saline lake, Salton Sea, California." <i>Science of the total environment</i> 406.1-2 (2008): 205-218.Fig. 4 data was adapted from Ma, Jinge, et al. "Spatiotemporal pattern of gypsum blooms in the Salton Sea, California, during 2000-2018." <i>International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation</i> 89 (2020): 102090.