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Comparison of the number of species and biomass of planktonic crustaceans with morphometric, hydrological, and hydrochemical features of lakes in the zone of temperate climate shows that there are no functional correlations between the development of zooplankton and each of the other separate factors. Results of multiple regression analysis for description of relationships between biotic and abiotic conditions were unsatisfactory (R2⩽0.7) for the greater part of studies. It is apparently necessary to find methods to examine environmental characteristics limiting biological productivity in lakes and to classify lakes on this basis. Such classification may allow to work out quantitative predictions of plankton and benthos biomass development in response to change of some environmental factors.
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