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In 1989 sedimentation in seven basins of oligotrophic Lake Lucerne was measured by means of cylindrical traps below the epilimnion (30-50 m) and in the hypolimnion 5 m above lake bottom. The aim of this study was to evaluate horizontal P sedimentation differences and the possible causes thereof. By means of measuring autochthonous primary production, mean sestonic PP concentration, major allochthonous P inputs and the P output, and increments in bottom sediments, the fate of P in the different lake basins might be elucidated, despite the complicated morphological structure of Lake Lucerne.
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Bloesch, J. (1993). Phosphorus sedimentation in seven basins of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. In: Boers, P.C.M., Cappenberg, T.E., van Raaphorst, W. (eds) Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Phosphorus in Sediments. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 84. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1598-8_35
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