Long-term citizen-collected data reveal geographical patterns and temporal trends in lake water clarity.

Long-term citizen-collected data reveal geographical patterns and temporal trends in lake water clarity.

We compiled a lake-water clarity database using publically available, citizen volunteer observations made between 1938 and 2012 across eight states in the Upper Midwest, USA. Our objectives were to determine (1) whether temporal trends in lake-water clarity existed across this large geographic area...

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Main Authors: Noah R Lottig, Tyler Wagner, Emily Norton Henry, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Katherine E Webster, John A Downing, Craig A Stow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4005745?pdf=render

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