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How do plants and fish impact the pH of the lake?

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In fact, dead plants can have a strong effect on pH. In aquariums, dead plants can rot, releasing ammonia and other nitrogen compounds into the water, thus reducing the pH. Although ammonia is toxic to aquarium fish, a decreasing pH will actually make it marginally less toxic

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