Understanding and modelling the development of lake phytoplankton communities is a desirable goal, given the importance of these organisms to their ecosystem. PROTECH ( P hytoplankton R esp O nses T o E nvironmental CH ange) is one such model which attempts to do this and its applications over the last 10 years are reviewed here. These studies include: modelling very large lakes, linking catchment models to PROTECH, simulating oxygen concentrations, understanding the importance of nutrient source in moderating the influence of hydraulic retention time. Furthermore, the merits of ensemble lake modelling are considered, as are the limits of short term forecasting of blooms. Finally, climate change influences are examined with studies that include nutrient changes and an experiment that attempts to separate the influences of temperature and mixed depth.

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模拟湖泊浮游植物群落：PROTECH 模型的最新应用

鉴于这些生物对其生态系统的重要性，了解和模拟湖泊浮游植物群落的发展是一个理想的目标。PROTECH (Phytoplankton R esp Onses T o Environmental CH ange) 就是这样一种模型，它试图做到这一点，这里回顾了它在过去 10 年中的应用。这些研究包括：模拟非常大的湖泊、将集水模型与 PROTECH 联系起来、模拟氧气浓度、了解营养源在调节水力停留时间影响方面的重要性。此外，还考虑了集合湖泊建模的优点，以及短期水华预测的局限性。最后，