Striving for consistency in a national lake assessment: Defining reference status and littoral macroinvertebrate condition in lakes across the conterminous United States

Benthic macroinvertebrates are widely used for assessing lotic ecosystems, however, their use in assessing lake condition has been more limited—especially at large, continental extents. We used data collected during the U.S. EPA’s National Lake Assessment between 2007–2022 to develop and validate a...

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Main Authors: Richard M. Mitchell, Alan T. Herlihy, Robert M. Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X24014493
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