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F2.3 Seasonal freshwater lakes
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F2.3 Seasonal freshwater lakes

Richard Kingsford, Ralph MacNally, MC Rains, Belinda J Robson, K Irvine and David Keith
The IUCN global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: Descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups, p.113
IUCN
2020
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Abstract

Freshwater ecology Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems
These small (mostly <5 km2 in area) and shallow (<2 m deep) seasonal freshwater lakes, vernal pools, turloughs, or gnammas (panholes, rock pools), are characterised by a seasonal aquatic biota. Local endemism may be high in lakes where hydrological isolation promotes biotic insularity, which occurs in some Mediterranean climate regions.

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