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Numerous shallow freshwaters have been affected by cultural eutrophication during the last decades (Parma 1980). This has often been associated with a loss of macrophyte species diversity and production. As a result of the disappearance of macrophytes, faunal species diversity often declines and food-webs and carbon and nutrient cycles are drastically changed (Hall et al. 1970; Kemp et al. 1984; Carpenter&Lodge 1986; De Nie 1987). In many of such habitats, the phytoplankton becomes dominated by Cyanobacteria during prolonged times of the year. A recent review on Cyanobacterial dominance is given by Schreurs (1992).
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van Vierssen, W., Hootsmans, M.J.M., Vermaat, J.E. (1994). Introduction: the scope of the research project. In: van Vierssen, W., Hootsmans, M., Vermaat, J. (eds) Lake Veluwe, a Macrophyte-dominated System under Eutrophication Stress. Geobotany, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2032-6_1
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