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Title: Biomanipulation as an Application of Food-Chain Theory: Constraints, Synthesis, and Recommendations for Temperate Lakes.

Authors: Hansson, L. A., H. Annadotter, E. Bergman, S. F. Hamrin, E. Jeppesen, T. Kairesalo, E. Luokkanen, P. A. Nilsson, M. Sondergaard, and J. Strand.

Citation: Hansson, L. A., H. Annadotter, E. Bergman, S. F. Hamrin, E. Jeppesen, T. Kairesalo, E. Luokkanen, P. A. Nilsson, M. Sondergaard, and J. Strand. 1998. Biomanipulation as an Application of Food-Chain Theory: Constraints, Synthesis, and Recommendations for Temperate Lakes. Ecosystems 1, no. 6: 558-74.

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Keywords: review, biomanipulation, fish, algae, submerged macrophytes, nutrients, sediment, zooplankton, management, planktivorous fish, benthic feeding fish, submerged macrophytes spollution, phosphorus, nitrogen, eutrophication, lakes, restoration

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