Lake Orta: the undermining of an ecosystem
From 1927 to 1986 Lake Orta (North-western Italy) received loadings coming from a rayon factory, rich in copper and ammonium sulphate. Immediately after the onset of pollution, the food web was destroyed: first phytoplankton, then zooplankton, and finally fish and ultraplankton disappeared from the...
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Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2001-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Limnology |
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Online Access: | http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/403 |