Two studies of environmental damage to lakes in Canada teach us several lessons — not least, that understanding such problems requires long-term investigations that take into account the complex interactions involved.
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Gorham, E. Lakes under a three-pronged attack. Nature 381, 109–110 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381109a0
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