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Eutrophic lakes are generally characterized by large amounts of planktivorous and benthivorous fish, inefficient zooplankton grazers, blue-green algae and nutrients. During the 1960s and 1970s limnologists have concentrated efforts on external nutrient loading and its consequences for the ecosystem. The trophic pyramid is also regulated from above (from the fish level), however, and the importance of this regulation has often been ignored.
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Andersson, G. (1980). Fish as a Regulator of Structure and Function in Eutrophic Lake Ecosystems. In: Barica, J., Mur, L.R. (eds) Hypertrophic Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9203-0_42
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