Changes in the patterns of inorganic nitrogen and TN/TP ratio and the associated mechanism of biological regulation in the shallow lakes of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 126-134

  Wu, Shikai ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Wang, Songbo ^a   Zhou, Qiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrogen; Nitrate nitrogen; Nitrite nitrogen; Phytoplankton; Shallowlakes

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHALLOW LAKES;

HYDROLOGY;

INORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; SHALLOW WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33750602929     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-8112-x     Document Type: Article

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