How does plankton density and diversity vary with chemical stratification in a lake?

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References with relevant research work will be highly appreciated.

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Some references relevant to chemical stratification

Yu, Hui ; Tsuno, Hiroshi ; Hidaka, Taira ; Jiao, Chunmeng. 2010. Chemical and thermal stratification in lakes . Limnology. 11(3): 251-257

Yin, Hongbin ; Koster, Jean N. 2003. Chemical stratification and solidification in a differentially heated melt .Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 352 (1): 197-209

Angino, E E ; Armitage, K B ; Tash, J C. 1962. Chemical Stratification in Lake Fryxell, Victoria Land, Antarctica .Science (New York, N.Y.), 138 (3536): 34-6

Bowling, Lee; Tyler, Peter. 1990. Chemical stratification and partial meromixis in reservoirs in Tasmania . Hydrobiologia. 194 (1): 67-83.

Degermendzhy, Andrey G. ; Zadereev, Egor S. ; Rogozin, Denis Yu. ; Prokopkin, Igor G. ; Barkhatov, Yuri V. ; Tolomeev, Alexander P. ; Khromechek, Elena B. ; Janse, Jan H. ; Mooij, Wolf M. ; Gulati, Ramesh D. 2010. Vertical stratification of physical, chemical and biological components in two saline lakes Shira and Shunet (South Siberia, Russia) .Aquatic Ecology. 44(3), 619 (14)

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