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The macrozoobenthos, especially large-sized benthos as notably important fish food, were studied in a limited area of Lake Inari, one of the largest lakes in Finland. Samples were collected along the selected shoreline, where new samples were taken at standard 2 m depth each time the habitat changed. Many morpho-edaphic factors and the covering of vegetation were measured simultaneously with the benthic samples in each habitat. Based on the stepwise regression analysis, an equation
explained 73% of the macrozoobenthos biomass (MZB) in the habitat series, where the exposure of the habitat (Exp) and the water content of the sediment (Sed) fitted the model best.
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Palomäki, R., Hellsten, S. Littoral macrozoobenthos biomass in a continuous habitat series. Hydrobiologia 339, 85–92 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008916
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