Research Themes

The teams that have created LAGOS-NE and are creating LAGOS-US have addressed a variety of research questions using this database. Below are just 7 of our major themes that our research teams have addressed and are addressing (although there are others as well).

  1. Understanding spatial variation in lake nutrients and eutrophication at macroscales
  2. Understanding temporal variation in lake nutrients and eutrophication at macroscales
  3. Data-intensive macrosystems ecology: Database development & evaluation
  4. Quantitative methods in macrosystems ecology
  5. Open science
  6. Team science
  7. Equity and ethics in STEM