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Research articles

Factors influencing summer phytoplankton biomass in a large river system with impoundments: retention time, zooplankton grazing, thermal stratification and internal seiching in a hydro lake

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Pages 195-218 | Received 17 Aug 2022, Accepted 02 Feb 2023, Published online: 12 Feb 2023

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