Effects of freshwater blue spaces may be beneficial for mental health: A first, ecological study in the North American Great Lakes region

• Amber L. Pearson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: apearson@msu.edu

  Affiliations Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States of America, University of Otago, Department of Public Health, Wellington, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8848-1798

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• Ashton Shortridge,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

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• Paul L. Delamater,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography and Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Teresa H. Horton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northwestern University, Department of Anthropology, Evanston, IL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3734-8065

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• Kyla Dahlin,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

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• Amanda Rzotkiewicz,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

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• Michael J. Marchiori

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

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