Seasonal and spatial dynamics of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in Victoria Harbour and its vicinity before and after sewage abatement

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 313-324

  Ho, Alvin Y T ^a   Xu, Jie ^a   Yin, Kedong ^a,d   Yuan, Xiangcheng ^a,e   He, Lei ^a,e   Jiang, Yuelu ^a   Lee, Joseph H W ^b   Anderson, Donald M ^c   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Hong Kong; Nutrients; Pearl River; Phytoplankton biomass; Sewage treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SEWAGE MANAGEMENT;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE;

ABATEMENT COST; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHIA; HONG KONG; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZERS; HONG KONG; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOSPHATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; HONG KONG ISLAND; VICTORIA HARBOUR;

EID: 46549087918     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.035     Document Type: Article

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