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BIOLOGY
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Chapter 57.3, Problem 2LO
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To determine: The cause of spring and fall overturns in lakes.

Introduction: The thermal or lake stratification is the phenomena responsible for causing spring and fall overturn in the lakes. It refers to the change in the temperature at the different layers of the lakes.

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