To cite LAGOSNE in publications use:

  Soranno, P.A., L.C. Bacon, M. Beauchene, K.E. Bednar, E.G. Bissell,
  et. al., 2017. LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal
  database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands
  of US lakes. Gigascience, 6(12)

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {LAGOS-NE: a multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database of lake ecological context and water quality for thousands of US lakes},
    author = {P.A. Soranno and L.C. Bacon and M. Beauchene and K.E. Bednar and E.G. Bissell and al. et.},
    journal = {Gigascience},
    year = {2017},
    volume = {6},
    number = {12},
  }

  Stachelek J., Oliver S., Masrour, F. 2019. LAGOSNE: Interface to the
  Lake Multi-scaled Geospatial and Temporal Database. R package version
  2.0.2. https://cran.r-project.org/package=LAGOSNE

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {LAGOSNE: Interface to the Lake Multi-Scaled Geospatial and Temporal Database},
    author = {Jemma Stachelek and Samantha Oliver and Farzan Masrour},
    year = {2019},
    note = {R package version 2.0.2},
    url = {https://cran.r-project.org/package=LAGOSNE},
  }

For other citations, such as those for individual data modules see:
https://lagoslakes.org