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In the eutrophic Lake Mikołajskie macrophytes disappearing from the deeper parts of the littoral are replaced by Vaucheria dichotoma Ag. This forms a belt at 3.0–4.5 m to which depth only 1% of surface light penetrates. The zone of V. dichotoma has a layered structure. Some filaments are covered in mud and receive no light, but are alive and photosynthesize when transferred to light. V. dichotoma prefers fertile environments with a high content of phosphate-phosphorus and ammonium-nitrogen. It is evergreen and its biomass changes relatively little during a year.
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Ozimek, T. (1990). Aspects of the ecology of a filamentous alga in a eutrophicated lake. In: Biró, P., Talling, J.F. (eds) Trophic Relationships in Inland Waters. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0467-5_4
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