Bioturbation of two chironomid species on nutrient exchange at sediment-water interface in a Chinese shallow eutrophic lake

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 5 A, 2010, Pages 902-910

  Jiang, Ping Hong ^a,b   Ji, Lei ^a   Xiao, Wen Juan ^a,b   Huang, Dai Zhong ^a,b   Liu, Yun Bing ^a,b   Song, Chun Lei ^a   Cao, Xiu Yon ^a   Zhou, Yi Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Chironomids; Eutrophication; Nutrient exchanges; Sedimentary oxygen demand (SOD); Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; DONG LAKE; HUBEI; WUHAN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS;

EID: 77954248051     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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