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Early responses of plankton and turbidity to biomanipulation in a shallow prairie lake

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We evaluated the effect of a fish removal from a shallow, turbid, eutrophic lake. By late May (following an October fish removal), the cladoceran community shifted from small-bodied Bosmina and Chydorus (less than 1001−1) to larger Daphnia (over 1001−1). During the periods of peak daphnid abundance (late May-June) chlorophyll-a concentrations and edible diatoms were reduced and water transparency improved dramatically. Total phosphorus was not significantly lowered during this period. Although this clear-water phase was short-lived (May, June and early July), it corresponded to the critical period of plant growth and allowed dramatic increases in submergent macrophytes.

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Hanson, M.A., Butler, M.G. (1990). Early responses of plankton and turbidity to biomanipulation in a shallow prairie lake. In: Gulati, R.D., Lammens, E.H.R.R., Meijer, ML., van Donk, E. (eds) Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0924-8_26

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