The low TN:TP ratio, a cause or a result of Microcystis blooms?

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2073-2080

  Xie, Liqiang ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Li, Sixin ^a   Tang, Huijuan ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Enclosures; Microcystis blooms; P reduction; TN:TP ratios; Water and sediments

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS;

WATER QUALITY;

PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 0037403162     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00532-8     Document Type: Article

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