The effects of temperature and nutrient ratios on Microcystis blooms in Lake Taihu, China: An 11-year investigation

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Liu, Xia ^a,b   Lu, Xiaohua ^b   Chen, Yuwei ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Lake Taihu; Microcystis blooms; Nutrient ratios; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 79451469452     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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