Despite its relatively small size, Otter Lake holds a large volume of water and is quite deep, up to 36 m at its deepest location and generally exhibits the characteristics of a mesotrophic lake although the deep bathymetry of the central and southern areas of the lake is more typical of an oligotrophic lake.
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Another type of mesotrophic pastureland & ndash; also widespread in western Europe but dominated by black knapweed ( " Centaurea nigra " ) and crested dog's-tail ( " Cynosurus cristatus " ) & ndash; is consequently named Centaureo-Cynosuretum cristati Br .-Bl . & Tx ..
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The restoration / revival programme, fully funded by the NLCP, was launched in April 2002, and implemented by Bombay Municipal Corporation ( BMC ) now called Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC ), the Government of Maharashtra and as a result the status of the lake has undergone a major shift from the hypertrophic condition to mesotrophic condition by adopting a novel technique of aeration and bioremediation.
