Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a hyper-eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu, China): The need for a dual nutrient (N & P) management strategy

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1973-1983

  Paerl, Hans W ^a   Xu, Hai ^b   McCarthy, Mark J ^c,d   Zhu, Guangwei ^b   Qin, Boqiang ^b   Li, Yiping ^e   Gardner, Wayne S ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrient management; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC LAKES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE TAIHU; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MICROCYSTIS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT;

PHOSPHORUS;

DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; DOMINANCE; DRINKING WATER; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIOASSAY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; LAKE; MICROCYSTIS; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 79951580229     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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