Nutrients in the Changjiang River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 27-44

  Shen, Zhi Liang ^a   Liu, Qun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang River; Distributions; Historical changes; Molar ratios; Nutrients; Transport

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG RIVER; DISTRIBUTIONS; HISTORICAL CHANGES; MOLAR RATIOS; TRANSPORT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAMS; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

NUTRIENTS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SILICATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SILICON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; FLOODING; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 67349233572     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0334-2     Document Type: Article

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