Predictive Model of Lake Photic Zone Temperature Across the Conterminous United States.

ABSTRACT: As the average global air temperature increases, lake surface temperatures are also increasing globally. The influence of this increased temperature is known to impact lake ecosystems across local to broad scales. Warming lake temperature is linked to disruptions in trophic linkages, changes in thermal stratification, and cyanobacteria bloom dynamics. Thus, comprehending broad trends in lake temperature is important to understanding the changing ecology of lakes and the potential human health impacts of these changes. To help address this, we developed a simple yet robust random forest model of lake photic zone temperature using the 2007 and 2012 United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Lakes Assessment data for the conterminous United States. The final model has a root mea

SUBMITTER: Kreakie BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature