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Spring Lake in Michigan U.S.A. is a highly productive body of water, containing many rare and unknown phytoplanktonic algae. A list of 283 species identified and their general distribution during the eight months of collection is brought.
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Edelstein, T. The phytoplankton of spring Lake, Michigan. Hydrobiologia 27, 137–145 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00161492
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