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Phytoplankton biomass values in Tavropos Reservoir, ranging from 92 to 1071 mg m−3, are within a range characteristic of oligotrophic waters. The seasonal sequence of biomass shows three annual peaks, differing from the monoacmic pattern seen in oligotrophic lakes. This sequence was profoundly affected by changes in water withdrawal and inflow rates. Diatoms, cryptophytes, chrysophytes and dinoflagellates, in that order, were the major constituents of the reservoir phytoplankton. The succession, from diatoms and chrysophytes in late winter-spring, to centric diatoms in late spring-summer and again to diatom-chrysophytes in late autumn was similar to that in oligotrophic lakes.
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Moustaka-Gouni, M., Nikolaidis, G. Phytoplankton and physical-chemical features of Tavropos Reservoir, Greece. Hydrobiologia 228, 141–149 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006202
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