Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Low nutrients and low productivity
The correct answer is Low nutrients and low productivity. - An Oligotrophic Lake has low nutrients and low productivity.
- These lakes have low algal production, and consequently, often have very clear waters, with high drinking-water quality.
- An oligotrophic lake is a lake with low primary productivity, as a result of low nutrient content.
- These lakes have low algal production, and consequently, often have very clear waters, with high drinking-water quality.
- Oligotrophic lakes are most common in cold, sparsely developed regions that are underlain by crystalline igneous, granitic bedrock.
- Due to their low algal production, these lakes consequently have very clear waters, with high drinking-water quality.
- Lakes that have to intermix their layers are classified into the category of holomictic, whereas lakes that do not have interlayer mixing are permanently stratified and thus are termed meromictic.
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