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McKnight, D., Lubinski, D., Williams, M., Roche, A., Flanagan, C., Bell, T., et al. Rocky Mountain Lake Algae web site, Niwot Ridge LTER, visited 20 Oct 2021 at http://culter.colorado.edu/lake-algae