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In 49 unpolluted lakes of north-eastern Poland the biomass of algae in summer is significantly related to the concentration of total phosphorus and to the rate of phosphorus regeneration by zooplankton. Using a model with equations describing these relationships, the biomass of blue-green algae and other phytoplankton groups was predicted for 14 polluted lakes. A good approximation of actual values was obtained only for the biomass of blue-green algae calculated from the estimated rate of P regeneration by zooplankton in these lakes. It is hypothesized that more-or-less edible algae of other classes did not show dependence on the rate of input of regenerated P because their biomass was heavily reduced by grazing of zooplankton.
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Ejsmont-Karabin, J., Spodniewska, I. (1990). Influence on phytoplankton biomass in lakes of different trophy by phosphorus in lake water and its regeneration by zooplankton. In: Biró, P., Talling, J.F. (eds) Trophic Relationships in Inland Waters. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0467-5_15
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