Past, present and future of the fish community of Lake Orta (Italy), one of the world’s largest acidified lakes

Past, present and future of the fish community of Lake Orta (Italy), one of the world’s largest acidified lakes

<p>Since 1926, the fishes in Lake Orta, one of Italy’s deepest natural lakes, were heavily damaged by profundal hypoxia and acidification linked to oxidation of ammonia from industrial effluents and by industrial metal pollution. Of the original 28 fish species, only perch survived the lake’s...

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Main Authors: Pietro Volta, Norman D. Yan, John M. Gunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
Subjects:
Lake acidification
lake restoration
copper pollution
deep lakes
fish species.
Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1319

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