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Primary production of phytoplankton and standing crops of zooplankton and zoobenthos in hypertrophic Lake Teganuma

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Primary production of phytoplankton and standing crops of zooplankton and zoobenthos were intensively surveyed in Lake Teganuma during May 1983–April 1984. The annual mean chlorophyll a concentrations were as high as 304 µg · l−1–383 µg · l−1. The daily gross primary production of phytoplankton was high throughout the year. The peak production rate was recorded in August and September, when blue-green algae bloomed. The annual gross primary production was estimated as 1450 g C · m−2 · y−1, extremely high as compared with other temperate eutrophic lakes. Zooplankton was predominantly composed of rotifers. The annual mean standing crop of zooplankton was 0.182 g C · m−2 around the middle between the inlets and the outlet and was lower than in most other temperate eutrophic lakes. Zoobenthos was mostly composed of Oligochaeta and chironomids. The annual mean standing crop of zoobenthos ranged from 0.052 g C · m−2 to 0.265 g C · m−2, the lowest values among temperate eutrophic lakes, which is in contrast to the high primary production.

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    Kenzi Takamura, Noriko Takamura, Takayuki Hanazato, Masayuki Yasuno & Toshio Iwakuma

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Takamura, K., Sugaya, Y., Takamura, N. et al. Primary production of phytoplankton and standing crops of zooplankton and zoobenthos in hypertrophic Lake Teganuma. Hydrobiologia 173, 173–184 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008965

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