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Environmental Conservation of Lake Biwa

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Lake Biwa: Interactions between Nature and People

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After World War II, while Japan’s success in achieving high economic growth brought a better life to people, water pollution in Lake Biwa became evident after a massive outbreak of freshwater red tide in 1977 and subsequent outbreak of blue-green algae in 1983.

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Maehata, M. (2012). Environmental Conservation of Lake Biwa. In: Kawanabe, H., Nishino, M., Maehata, M. (eds) Lake Biwa: Interactions between Nature and People. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1783-1_7

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