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Concentrations of total phosphorus (TP) and chlorophyll a (CHLA) were measured in 28 lakes in the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia) from 1983 to 1990. The relationship between log CHLA and log TP in the Tatra lakes is similar to relationships developed for lakes in other regions, but variation is higher. A part of this variation is caused by acidification of the lakes. In the lakes with pH between 4.9 and 6.3 the CHLA concentrations are often extremely low while TP concentrations decreased, but not as drastically.
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Vyhnálek, V., Fott, J., Kopáček, J. (1994). Chlorophyll-phosphorus relationship in acidified lakes of the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia). In: Fott, J. (eds) Limnology of Mountain Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 93. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2095-3_20
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