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The patterns of phytoplankton growth and decline during the spring bloom and the following clear-water phase in Lake Constance have been studied on the basis of cell counts with short-term sampling intervals and related to light climate, stratification and zooplankton pressure.
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Sommer, U. Light, stratification and zooplankton as controlling factors for the spring development of phytoplankton in Lake Constance. Schweiz. Z. Hydrologie 45, 394–404 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02538129
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