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Seventy-five species and lower taxonomic units of rotifers have been identified in Lake Geneva (= lac Léman); seven species and one form are new for the lake. When using indicators of trophic conditions, the qualitative composition of the biocenosis is still dominated by oligo-mesotrophic lake indicators, mixed with eutrophic and oligotrophic ones. However the rotifer biocenosis has not yet reached a steady state.
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Balvay, G., Laurent, M. Evolution qualitative à long terme des rotifères du Lac Léman. Aquatic Science 52, 156–161 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00902377
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