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In order to explore the changes in the community structure of Lake Balaton in response to progressive eutrophication, the historic plankton database (1965–1990) was analysed, using the Zipf-Mandelbrot (ZM) model of dominance and diversity. Our results confirm differences in community organisation between the less eutrophic eastern (Siófok) basin and the near hypertrophie western (Keszthely) basin: the ZM model shows there to be greater influence of the traditional limiting environmental factors in the less eutrophic basin. There is also a greater evenness in the total biomass in the less eutrophic basin, determined by the variability in the environmental control applied.
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Juhos, S., Vörös, L. (1998). Structural changes during eutrophication of Lake Balaton, Hungary, as revealed by the Zipf-Mandelbrot model. 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_20
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