Biomanipulation as a Fisheries Management Strategy in Lacustrine Ecosystems
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Eutrophication resulting from high nutrient loading has been the paramount environmental problem for lakes world-wide for the past four decades. Around the world, efforts are being made to divert nutrient-rich inflows or improve wastewater treatment in order to lessen external nutrient loading. Under such circumstances, the economical biomanipulation approach may be regarded as one of the best ways to address the issue of eutrophication and restore the water quality in small, shallow estuaries. The original theory behind biomanipulation was that fewer planktivorous fish meant a higher density of giant cladoceran zooplankton, and that their summertime grazing may lower the quantity of particular planktonic algae species and lower the water's algal turbidity. More scientific studies are required to determine whether bio-manipulation of lake ecosystems can have long-term beneficial consequences. Finally, the potential of biomanipulation for enhancing lake water quality was assessed based on the existing empirical and theoretical evidence
Authors: Binal Rajeshbhai Khalasi, Prabhutva Chaturvedi, Sheethal K.U, Bhavy A. Dalsaniya, Chonyo Shinglai, Mayurkumar U. Tandel, Narendra Kumar Maurya, Shiwam Dubey, Bipina biju, Farzan Nevil Patel
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Chemistry
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4409979396