Global data set of long-term summertime vertical temperature profiles in 153 lakes

Rachel M Pilla¹, Elizabeth M Mette², Craig E Williamson², Boris V Adamovich³, Rita Adrian⁴, Orlane Anneville⁵, Esteban Balseiro⁶, Syuhei Ban⁷, Sudeep Chandra⁸, William Colom-Montero⁹, Shawn P Devlin¹⁰, Margaret A Dix¹¹, Martin T Dokulil¹², Natalie A Feldsine¹³, Heidrun Feuchtmayr¹⁴, Natalie K Fogarty¹⁵, Evelyn E Gaiser¹⁶, Scott F Girdner¹⁷, María J González², K David Hambright¹⁸, David P Hamilton¹⁹, Karl Havens²⁰, Dag O Hessen²¹, Harald Hetzenauer²², Scott N Higgins²³, Timo H Huttula²⁴, Hannu Huuskonen²⁵, Peter D F Isles²⁶, Klaus D Joehnk²⁷, Wendel Bill Keller²⁸, Jen Klug²⁹, Lesley B Knoll³⁰, Johanna Korhonen³¹, Nikolai M Korovchinsky³², Oliver Köster³³, Benjamin M Kraemer⁴, Peter R Leavitt³⁴, Barbara Leoni³⁵, Fabio Lepori³⁶, Ekaterina V Lepskaya³⁷, Noah R Lottig³⁸, Martin S Luger³⁹, Stephen C Maberly¹⁴, Sally MacIntyre⁴⁰, Chris McBride⁴¹, Peter McIntyre³⁸, Stephanie J Melles⁴², Beatriz Modenutti⁶, Dörthe C Müller-Navarra⁴³, Laura Pacholski⁴⁴, Andrew M Paterson⁴⁵, Don C Pierson⁹, Helen V Pislegina⁴⁶, Pierre-Denis Plisnier⁴⁷, David C Richardson⁴⁸, Alon Rimmer⁴⁹, Michela Rogora⁵⁰, Denis Y Rogozin⁵¹, James A Rusak⁴⁵, Olga O Rusanovskaya⁴⁶, Steve Sadro⁵², Nico Salmaso⁵³, Jasmine E Saros⁵⁴, Jouko Sarvala⁵⁵, Émilie Saulnier-Talbot⁵⁶, Daniel E Schindler⁵⁷, Svetlana V Shimaraeva⁴⁶, Eugene A Silow⁴⁶, Lewis M Sitoki⁵⁸, Ruben Sommaruga⁵⁹, Dietmar Straile⁶⁰, Kristin E Strock⁶¹, Hilary Swain⁶², Jason M Tallant⁶³, Wim Thiery^{64

65}, Maxim A Timofeyev⁴⁶, Alexander P Tolomeev⁵¹, Koji Tominaga²¹, Michael J Vanni², Piet Verburg⁶⁶, Rolf D Vinebrooke⁶⁷, Josef Wanzenböck¹², Kathleen Weathers⁶⁸, Gesa A Weyhenmeyer⁹, Egor S Zadereev⁵¹, Tatyana V Zhukova³

Affiliations

¹ Miami University, Department of Biology, Oxford, Ohio, USA. pillarm@miamioh.edu.
² Miami University, Department of Biology, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
³ Belarusian State University, Faculty of Biology, Minsk, Belarus.
⁴ Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ INRAE, University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
⁶ University of Comahue: INIBIOMA, CONICET, Neuquén, Argentina.
⁷ University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan.
⁸ University of Nevada, Reno, Global Water Center, Reno, Nevada, USA.
⁹ Uppsala University, Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala, Sweden.
¹⁰ University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson, Montana, USA.
¹¹ Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios Atitlan, Guatemala, Guatemala.
¹² University of Innsbruck, Research Department for Limnology Mondsee, Mondsee, Austria.
¹³ Mohonk Preserve, Daniel Smiley Research Center, New Paltz, New York, USA.
¹⁴ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lake Ecosystems Group, Lancaster, UK.
¹⁵ Seqwater, Ipswich, QLD, Australia.
¹⁶ Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Environment, Miami, Florida, USA.
¹⁷ U.S. National Park Service, Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake, Oregon, USA.
¹⁸ University of Oklahoma, Department of Biology, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
¹⁹ Griffith University, Australian Rivers Institute, Nathan, Australia.
²⁰ University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
²¹ University of Oslo, Department of Biosciences, Oslo, Norway.
²² LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Institut für Seenforschung, Langenargen, Germany.
²³ IISD Experimental Lake Area Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
²⁴ FAO, BELSPO, Brussels, Belgium.
²⁵ University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland.
²⁶ Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
²⁷ CSIRO, Land and Water, Canberra, Australia.
²⁸ Laurentian University, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
²⁹ Fairfield University, Biology Department, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
³⁰ University of Minnesota, Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories, Lake Itasca, Minnesota, USA.
³¹ Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Freshwater Center, Helsinki, Finland.
³² A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of The Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ecology of Water Communities and Invasions, Moscow, Russia.
³³ Zurich Water Supply, City of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³⁴ University of Regina, Institute of Environmental Change and Society, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
³⁵ Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
³⁶ University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Department for Environment, Constructions and Design, Canobbio, Switzerland.
³⁷ Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries & Oceanography, now Kamchatka Branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
³⁸ University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, USA.
³⁹ Federal Agency for Water Management, Institute for Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Management, Mondsee, Austria.
⁴⁰ University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
⁴¹ University of Waikato, Environmental Research Institute, Hamilton, New Zealand.
⁴² Ryerson University, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴³ University of Hamburg, Department of Biology, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴⁴ Dominion Diamond Mines, Environment Department, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴⁵ Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Dorset, Ontario, Canada.
⁴⁶ Irkutsk State University, Institute of Biology, Irkutsk, Russia.
⁴⁷ University of Liège, Chemical Oceanography Unit, Institut de Physique (B5A), Liège, Belgium.
⁴⁸ SUNY New Paltz, Biology Department, New Paltz, New York, USA.
⁴⁹ The Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Migdal, Israel.
⁵⁰ CNR Water Research institute, Verbania, Verbania, Pallanza, Italy.
⁵¹ Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS, Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
⁵² University of California Davis, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, California, USA.
⁵³ Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.
⁵⁴ University of Maine, Climate Change Institute, Orono, Maine, USA.
⁵⁵ University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁵⁶ Université Laval, Departments of Biology and Geography, Québec, Canada.
⁵⁷ University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵⁸ The Technical University of Kenya, Department of Geosciences and the Environment, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵⁹ University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁶⁰ University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute, Konstanz, Germany.
⁶¹ Dickinson College, Department of Environmental Science, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶² Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Florida, USA.
⁶³ University of Michigan, Biological Station, Pellston, Michigan, USA.
⁶⁴ Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶⁵ ETH Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶⁶ National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand.
⁶⁷ University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁶⁸ Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA.

PMID: 34349102
PMCID: PMC8339007
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00983-y

Global data set of long-term summertime vertical temperature profiles in 153 lakes

Rachel M Pilla et al. Sci Data. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 4;8(1):200.

doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00983-y.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Miami University, Department of Biology, Oxford, Ohio, USA. pillarm@miamioh.edu.
² Miami University, Department of Biology, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
³ Belarusian State University, Faculty of Biology, Minsk, Belarus.
⁴ Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ INRAE, University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
⁶ University of Comahue: INIBIOMA, CONICET, Neuquén, Argentina.
⁷ University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan.
⁸ University of Nevada, Reno, Global Water Center, Reno, Nevada, USA.
⁹ Uppsala University, Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala, Sweden.
¹⁰ University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson, Montana, USA.
¹¹ Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios Atitlan, Guatemala, Guatemala.
¹² University of Innsbruck, Research Department for Limnology Mondsee, Mondsee, Austria.
¹³ Mohonk Preserve, Daniel Smiley Research Center, New Paltz, New York, USA.
¹⁴ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lake Ecosystems Group, Lancaster, UK.
¹⁵ Seqwater, Ipswich, QLD, Australia.
¹⁶ Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Environment, Miami, Florida, USA.
¹⁷ U.S. National Park Service, Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake, Oregon, USA.
¹⁸ University of Oklahoma, Department of Biology, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
¹⁹ Griffith University, Australian Rivers Institute, Nathan, Australia.
²⁰ University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
²¹ University of Oslo, Department of Biosciences, Oslo, Norway.
²² LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Institut für Seenforschung, Langenargen, Germany.
²³ IISD Experimental Lake Area Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
²⁴ FAO, BELSPO, Brussels, Belgium.
²⁵ University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland.
²⁶ Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
²⁷ CSIRO, Land and Water, Canberra, Australia.
²⁸ Laurentian University, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
²⁹ Fairfield University, Biology Department, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
³⁰ University of Minnesota, Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories, Lake Itasca, Minnesota, USA.
³¹ Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Freshwater Center, Helsinki, Finland.
³² A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of The Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ecology of Water Communities and Invasions, Moscow, Russia.
³³ Zurich Water Supply, City of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³⁴ University of Regina, Institute of Environmental Change and Society, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
³⁵ Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
³⁶ University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Department for Environment, Constructions and Design, Canobbio, Switzerland.
³⁷ Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries & Oceanography, now Kamchatka Branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
³⁸ University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, USA.
³⁹ Federal Agency for Water Management, Institute for Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Management, Mondsee, Austria.
⁴⁰ University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
⁴¹ University of Waikato, Environmental Research Institute, Hamilton, New Zealand.
⁴² Ryerson University, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴³ University of Hamburg, Department of Biology, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴⁴ Dominion Diamond Mines, Environment Department, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴⁵ Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Dorset, Ontario, Canada.
⁴⁶ Irkutsk State University, Institute of Biology, Irkutsk, Russia.
⁴⁷ University of Liège, Chemical Oceanography Unit, Institut de Physique (B5A), Liège, Belgium.
⁴⁸ SUNY New Paltz, Biology Department, New Paltz, New York, USA.
⁴⁹ The Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Migdal, Israel.
⁵⁰ CNR Water Research institute, Verbania, Verbania, Pallanza, Italy.
⁵¹ Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS, Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
⁵² University of California Davis, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, California, USA.
⁵³ Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.
⁵⁴ University of Maine, Climate Change Institute, Orono, Maine, USA.
⁵⁵ University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁵⁶ Université Laval, Departments of Biology and Geography, Québec, Canada.
⁵⁷ University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵⁸ The Technical University of Kenya, Department of Geosciences and the Environment, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵⁹ University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁶⁰ University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute, Konstanz, Germany.
⁶¹ Dickinson College, Department of Environmental Science, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶² Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Florida, USA.
⁶³ University of Michigan, Biological Station, Pellston, Michigan, USA.
⁶⁴ Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶⁵ ETH Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶⁶ National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand.
⁶⁷ University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁶⁸ Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA.

PMID: 34349102
PMCID: PMC8339007
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00983-y

Abstract

Climate change and other anthropogenic stressors have led to long-term changes in the thermal structure, including surface temperatures, deepwater temperatures, and vertical thermal gradients, in many lakes around the world. Though many studies highlight warming of surface water temperatures in lakes worldwide, less is known about long-term trends in full vertical thermal structure and deepwater temperatures, which have been changing less consistently in both direction and magnitude. Here, we present a globally-expansive data set of summertime in-situ vertical temperature profiles from 153 lakes, with one time series beginning as early as 1894. We also compiled lake geographic, morphometric, and water quality variables that can influence vertical thermal structure through a variety of potential mechanisms in these lakes. These long-term time series of vertical temperature profiles and corresponding lake characteristics serve as valuable data to help understand changes and drivers of lake thermal structure in a time of rapid global and ecological change.

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**Fig. 1**
Map showing locations of the 153 lakes with vertical temperature profile data in this data set.

**Fig. 2**
Histograms of temporal coverage for each lake in this data set. (a) Histogram of the earliest year (green) and latest year (orange) with temperature profile data for each lake. (b) Histogram of the total number of years with temperature profile data for each lake.

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