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Nature 408, 149-150 (9 November 2000) | doi:10.1038/35041659
Aquatic ecology: A lake's life is not its own
George W. Kling
Imagine a landscape suddenly released from the frozen grip of a kilometre-thick glacier. Bare rock crumbles to pockets of dust that harbour sprouting seeds, and soon patches of plant species adapted to this environment appear.
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