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Limnological perspective of Lake Xolotlán (Managua): The PLALM

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A general view of Lake Xolotlán (known also as Lake Managua) and the research carried out during the Project Limnology Applied to Lake Managua (PLALM) are reported here. A summarized account of the results, given in details as seperated papers elsewhere in the same volume, is also presented.

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  1. Salvador Montenegro-Guillen

    Present address: Centro para la investigacion en recursos acuaticos de nicaragua, Apartado Postal 4598, Managua, Nicaragua

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    Montenegro-Guillen, S. Limnological perspective of Lake Xolotlán (Managua): The PLALM. Hydrobiological Bulletin 25, 105–109 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02291239

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