The effects of the three Gorges Dam's (TGD's) experimental impoundment on the phytoplankton community in the Xiangxi River, China

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-221

  Bi, Yonghong ^a   Zhu, Kongxiang ^a,b   Hu, Zhengyu ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a,b   Yu, Boshi ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Impoundment; Phytoplankton community; The three gorges dam (TGD); The three gorges reservoir (TGR)

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; MAIN COMPONENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; TEMPORAL EFFECTS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE GORGES DAM; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE CONTROL; DAMS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77951762307     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207231003704196     Document Type: Article

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