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      The freshwater lakes of Papua New Guinea: an inventory and limnological review

      Journal of Tropical Ecology
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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          A survey of the 1:100,000 topographic maps of Papua New Guinea revealed that there are about 5383 freshwater lakes in the country. They range in size up to 647 km 2but the majority are less than 10 ha. They are found at all altitudes to over 4000 m but most are situated below 40 m in the floodplains of the Fly, Sepik and Aramia rivers. The majority of lakes are undoubtedly shallow but depths range up to 360 m. The lakes were formed in at least 20 different ways but the majority by fluviatile action. The few data on chemical and physical conditions suggest that most lakes are chemically poor with low light penetration and low pH values. With the possible exception of the macrophytes the fauna and flora of the lakes are virtually unstudied, particuarly from a quantitative aspect. Most lakes are probably polymictic.

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                Journal of Tropical Ecology
                J. Trop. Ecol.
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0266-4674
                1469-7831
                February 1987
                July 10 2009
                : 3
                : 01
                : 1-23
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                10.1017/S0266467400001073
                02dfda94-bbdc-4c94-ba37-965c435d290b
                © 2009
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