- Understand interactions among physical, chemical, and biological processes within lakes and their influences on lake characteristics and long-term dynamics.
- Develop a regional understanding of lake ecosystems through an analysis of the patterns and processes organizing lake districts through analysis and modeling of atmospheric, hydrologic, and biotic processes.
- Understand the way human, hydrologic, and biogeochemical processes interact within the terrestrial landscape to affect lakes and the way lakes, in turn, influence these interactions.
