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The Holocene development of some low and high arctic Greenland lakes

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During the Holocene most West Greenland lakes passed from an early eutrophic stage, rich in both flora and fauna, through a mesotrophic to an oligotrophic stage with very low productivity. Temperature conditions were limiting factors only in the very beginning, whereas chemical factors alone were decisive later on.

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  1. Greenland Botanical Survey, Botanical Museum, Gothersgade 130, DK-1123, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Bent Fredskild

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Fredskild, B. The Holocene development of some low and high arctic Greenland lakes. Hydrobiologia 103, 217–224 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028455

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