Mechanism and control of lake eutrophication

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2401-2412

  Qin, Boqiang ^a   Yang, Liuyan ^a,b   Chen, Feizhou ^a   Zhu, Guangwei ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Chen, Yiyu ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Internal loading control; Lake eutrophication; Shallow lakes; Trophic history

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; HARNESS;

EID: 33749478966     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2096-y     Document Type: Article

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