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Influence on phytoplankton biomass in lakes of different trophy by phosphorus in lake water and its regeneration by zooplankton

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In 49 unpolluted lakes of north-eastern Poland the biomass of algae in summer is significantly related to the concentration of total phosphorus and to the rate of phosphorus regeneration by zooplankton. Using a model with equations describing these relationships, the biomass of blue-green algae and other phytoplankton groups was predicted for 14 polluted lakes. A good approximation of actual values was obtained only for the biomass of blue-green algae calculated from the estimated rate of P regeneration by zooplankton in these lakes. It is hypothesized that more-or-less edible algae of other classes did not show dependence on the rate of input of regenerated P because their biomass was heavily reduced by grazing of zooplankton.

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  1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Hydrobiological Station, ul. Leśna 13, 11-730, Mikolajki, Poland

    Jolanta Ejsmont-Karabin

  2. ul. Darwina 18 m 118, 03-488, Warsaw, Poland

    Irena Spodniewska

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Ejsmont-Karabin, J., Spodniewska, I. Influence on phytoplankton biomass in lakes of different trophy by phosphorus in lake water and its regeneration by zooplankton. Hydrobiologia 191, 123–128 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026046

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