Cyanobacteria-/cyanotoxin-contaminations and eutrophication status before Wuxi Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-581

  Liu, Yongmei ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^b   Li, Dunhai ^b   Huang, Zebo ^a   Shen, Yinwu ^b   Liu, Yongding ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; Eutrophication; Lake Taihu; Microcystins

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYANOTOXINS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER RESOURCES; LAKE TAIHU; MICROCYSTINS; PEAK VALUES; POTENTIAL RISKS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOXIN CONCENTRATIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER RESOURCES;

POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHINA; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; ISOMERISM; MICROCYSTINS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; TAIHU LAKE; WUXI [JIANGSU];

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79953850868     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60450-0     Document Type: Article

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