Assessment of ecosystem health during the past 40 years for Lake Taihu in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Limnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Guan, Baohua ^a   An, Shuqing ^b   Gu, Binhe ^c,d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Eutrophication; Health assessment; Lake Taihu; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LAKE POLLUTION; MACROPHYTE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952818186     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-010-0320-6     Document Type: Article

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