Response of freshwater algae to water quality in Qinshan Lake within Taihu Watershed, China

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 9-11, 2011, Pages 360-365

  Zhang, Jianying ^a   Ni, Wanmin ^a   Luo, Yang ^a   Jan Stevenson, R ^b   Qi, Jiaguo ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Freshwater algae; Nutrients; Taihu Watershed; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BLUE GREEN ALGAE; DOMINANT SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FRESHWATER ALGAE; GREEN ALGA; MICROCYSTIS; NATIONAL STANDARD; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; OSCILLATORIA; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; STUDY SITES; TAIHU LAKES; TAIHU WATERSHED; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER SAMPLES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALGAE CONTROL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ALGAE;

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION GROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; QINSHAN LAKE; TAIHU BASIN; ZHEJIANG;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; MICROCYSTIS SP.; NOSTOC SP.; OSCILLATORIA SP.;

EID: 79958819167     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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