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Based on quantitative data on nutrients, light penetration, phytoplankton, zooplankton and zoobenthos obtained in the period 1992-1994 the relations between trophic levels were studied by means of statistical analysis. The two lakes are distinguished by relatively high transfer efficiency between phytoplankton and zooplankton, which depends on the size distribution among zooplankton and percentage of blue-green algae. The bottom up influence seems to prevail over the top-down influence, water surface area and phosphorus load are large, and mean depth is more than 1 m. All this let us conclude that biomanipulation measures alone are not sufficient for a substantial lake restoration.

The phytoplankton limitation conditions in a few Bulgarian and Hungarian wetlands and in two more sampling sites, one for each Danube stretch, were investigated by means of trophic state index of Carlson (1977) for phytoplankton chlorophyll-a (CHL), Secchi disk depths (SD), total phosphorus (TP), and total nitrogen (TN) concentrations. Phytoplankton of both river sites was not limited by non-algal turbidity, nor was they phosphorus and nitrogen limited. In summer months the studied wetlands were predominantly nitrogen limited, while in spring and autumn limitation by non-algal turbidity prevailed.