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Nutrient gradients are an important means of organizing limnological information. Nutrients are among the most important controls of lake ecosystem processes. Other key factors such as light, macrophytes, and predation change in systematic ways as nutrient availability increases or decreases. Consequently, the nutrient gradient is a useful tool for explaining our understanding of lake diversity. The nutrient gradient can also be used to make predictions about the state of lakes as nutrient status changes.
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Carpenter, S.R., van Donk, E., Wetzel, R.G. (1998). Nutrient-Loading Gradient in Shallow Lakes: Report of the Group Discussion. In: Jeppesen, E., Søndergaard, M., Søndergaard, M., Christoffersen, K. (eds) The Structuring Role of Submerged Macrophytes in Lakes. Ecological Studies, vol 131. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0695-8_30
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