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Imagine that a deep temperate zone lake did not "turn over" during the spring and fall seasons. Based on the physical and biological properties of limnetic ecosystems, what would be the difference from normal seasonal turnover?
A) The lake would be uniformly cold during the winter and summer.
B) The lake would fail to freeze over in winter.
C) An algal bloom of algae would result every spring.
D) Lakes would suffer a nutrient depletion in surface layers.
E) The pH of the lake would become increasingly alkaline.



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Marked as best answer by Celeste on Mar 24, 2019

Celeste

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Lakes would suffer a nutrient depletion in surface layers.




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Reply 2 on: Oct 27, 2013
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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