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Zooplankton was a useful tool in evaluation of eutrophication control in Lake Chivero, a tropical man made impoundment. Principal component analysis revealed both spatial and temporal changes in zooplankton community structure which were related to nutrient inflows as well as changes in nutrient content of the lake. Studies on filtration rates of different algae by Bosmina longirostris and Daphnia lumholtzi demonstrated that the response of zooplankton to eutrophication was related to their inability to utilize colonial algal species that develop in a nutrient rich-environment.
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Magadza, C.H.D. Evaluation of eutrophication control in Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe, by multivariate analysis of zooplankton. Hydrobiologia 272, 277–292 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006528
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