THE USE OF TROFIC AS AN AID FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EUTROPHIC LAKES |
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Authors: | K Clarke A C Jarvis P J Ashton T Zohary |
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Institution: | 1. National Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, CISR , P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, 0001;2. National Institute for Water Research , P.O. Box 395 CSIR, Pretoria, 0001 |
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Abstract: | SUMMARY As a result of eutrophication studies that have been performed by the National Institute for Water Research for many years it was decided in 1980 that a detailed investigation into this area take place. Hypertrophic Hartbeespoort Dam was selected as the study site. A simulation model, named TROFIC, of the ecosystem was developed and updated over a three-year research program. Different management strategies were performed to attempt to reduce the size of phytoplankton standing stock and to modify the phytoplankton species composition so that blue-green algae are no longer dominant. In this paper the applicability of each strategy to the model is examined by means of results obtained and conclusions drawn from these results. |
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Keywords: | Eutrophication phosphorus phytoplankton simulation |
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