The scope for biomanipulation in improving water quality
Biomanipulation is a form of biological engineering in which organisms are selectively removed or encouraged to alleviate the symptoms of eutrophication. Most examples involve fish and grazer zooplankton though mussels have also been used. The technique involves continuous management in many deeper lakes and is not a substitute for nutrient control. In some lakes, alterations to the lake environment have given longer-term positive effects. And in some shallow lakes, biomanipulation may be essential, alongside nutrient control, in re- establishing former aquatic-plant-dominated ecosystems which have been lost through severe eutrophication. The emergence of biomanipulation techniques emphasises that lake systems are not simply chemical reactors which respond simply to engineered chemical changes, but very complex and still very imperfectly understood ecosystems which require a yet profounder understanding before they can be restored with certainty.
Main Author: | Moss, B. |
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Other Authors: | Sutcliffe, David W. |
Format: | book_section biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Freshwater Biological Association
1992
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Subjects: | Ecology, Limnology, Pollution, Eutrophication, Algal blooms, Freshwater lakes, Biomanipulation, Water quality control, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22795 |
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