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The paper reports the impact of a sharp artificial enrichment of the available phosphorus in a small, acidic and oligotrophic corrie lake and its effects upon the phytoplankton supported. Annual average chlorophyll increased tenfold within two years, from ~ 1.2 to 12.6 μg chl a 1−1, but the species represented by large populations are the same as previously. Chrysophyte species, however, make up a smaller fraction of the total crop.
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Reynolds, C.S., Jaworski, G.H.M., Roscoe, J.V., Hewitt, D.P., George, D.G. (1998). Responses of the phytoplankton to a deliberate attempt to raise the trophic status of an acidic, oligotrophic mountain lake. In: Alvarez-Cobelas, M., Reynolds, C.S., Sánchez-Castillo, P., Kristiansen, J. (eds) Phytoplankton and Trophic Gradients. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2668-9_11
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