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Continuous monitoring of physico-chemical parameters enable the determination of water quality in lakes of the English Lake District, where nutrient enrichment needs to be managed. In the case of Elterwater, severe deterioration of water quality has resulted in the prolonged deoxygenation of the whole water column of the inner basin. More specifically, the phytoplankton differed between the three basins, with progressive increases in biomass and species indicative of eutrophy, between the oligotrophic outer to the hypertrophie inner basins. Remedial action is proposed for this lake, with continual monitoring of recovery.
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Zinger-Gize, I., Hartland, A., Saxby-Rouen, K.J., Beattie, L. (1999). Protecting the oligotrophic lakes of the English Lake District. In: Harper, D.M., Brierley, B., Ferguson, A.J.D., Phillips, G. (eds) The Ecological Bases for Lake and Reservoir Management. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 136. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3282-6_24
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