Table 3 Buffer comparisons for five year intervals with percent of lakes (N = 1,422,499) <1% increase, 1–5% increase, 5–10% increase, and >10% increase in total water surface area.

From: The global lake area, climate, and population dataset

Buffer:Buffer

Size Change

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

60 m:30 m

<1% increase

55.00%

59.62%

58.32%

58.98%

58.93%

>1% increase

15.64%

20.16%

20.81%

20.18%

20.22%

>5% increase

4.49%

8.62%

8.78%

8.58%

8.49%

>10% increase

3.65%

9.86%

10.14%

10.23%

10.44%

Decrease

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

Zero water area

21.21%

1.74%

1.93%

2.02%

1.91%

90 m:60 m

<1% increase

58.01%

64.68%

63.62%

64.04%

63.86%

>1% increase

14.64%

19.65%

20.10%

19.53%

19.49%

>5% increase

3.72%

7.66%

7.85%

7.83%

7.83%

>10% increase

2.44%

6.29%

6.52%

6.61%

6.95%

Decrease

0.03%

0.03%

0.03%

0.03%

0.03%

Zero water area

21.16%

1.70%

1.88%

1.96%

1.84%

120 m:90 m

<1% increase

53.23%

61.18%

59.89%

60.30%

59.90%

>1% increase

18.11%

23.72%

24.37%

23.86%

23.92%

>5% increase

4.91%

8.53%

8.78%

8.72%

8.91%

>10% increase

2.61%

4.88%

5.10%

5.18%

5.46%

Decrease

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

Zero water area

21.12%

1.65%

1.83%

1.91%

1.79%