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Ecological interactions in a shallow sand-pit lake (Lake Créteil, Parisian Basin, France): a modelling approach

Hydrobiologia volume 275, pages 97–114 (1994)Cite this article

Abstract

A large data set (n = 154) of phytoplankton production and biomass in relation to physico-chemical environmental factors was collected from 1979 to 1986 in a recently created sand-pit lake (Paris suburbs). These data are well suited to interpret the oligotrophication observed along the 8 years period, characterized by a regular decrease in chlorophyll (from 16 to 4 µg l-1 as annual averages).

A model describing the ecological functioning of the lake has been established. Biological processes related to phyto-, bacterio- and zooplankton as well as sediment-water interactions, are described within several submodels. Most of the parameters involved were determined by in situ measurements in this or similar environments The model provides a good simulation of observed data and confirms that the reduction of nutrient loading, resulting from the diversion — in 1981 — of a sewer previously discharging into the lake, was responsible for the oligotrophication of the system. The model allows to explore the response of planktonic compartments accross a gradient of nutrient loading. The role of hydrology is also tested. The systematic run of the model with and without zooplankton leads to a better understanding of top-down control.

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Garnier, J., Billen, G. Ecological interactions in a shallow sand-pit lake (Lake Créteil, Parisian Basin, France): a modelling approach. Hydrobiologia 275, 97–114 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026703

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