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The impact of the fish population on trophic properties of lake water, was experimentally studied in an oligotrophic Swedish forest lake. Biotic changes following fish removal resulted in a development in oligotrophic direction as shown by the drop in limnetic primary production, pH, total phosphorus, total nitrogen and the increased transparency.
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Henrikson, L., Nyman, H.G., Oscarson, H.G. et al. Trophic changes, without changes in the external nutrient loading. Hydrobiologia 68, 257–263 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018835
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