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SUBMITTER: Andersen MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597838 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andersen Mikkel R MR Kragh Theis T Sand-Jensen Kaj K
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170901 1862
A common perception in limnology is that shallow lakes are homogeneously mixed owing to their small water volume. However, this perception is largely gained by downscaling knowledge from large lakes to their smaller counterparts. Here we show that shallow vegetated lakes (less than 0.6 m), in fact, undergo recurring daytime stratification and nocturnal mixing accompanied by extreme chemical variations during summer. Dense submerged vegetation effectively attenuates light and turbulence generatin ...[more]