An Oligotropic lake has which of the following properties ........

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An Oligotropic lake has which of the following properties?

High levels of nutrient in water

High aquatic productivity

Algal Blooms

Low nutrients and low productivity

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Oligotrophic lakes are those that are unproductive: net primary production is only between 50 and 100 milligrams of carbon per square metre per day, nutrients are in poor supply, and secondary production is depressed.
In the early stages a lake contains little organic material and has a poorly developed littoral zone. Particularly in temperate zones, such conditions favour plentiful oxygen content, and the lake is said to be oligotrophic.