Seasonal changes of nutrient fluxes in the Upper Changjiang basin: An example of the Longchuanjiang River, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 344-351

  Lu, X X ^a,b   Li, Siyue ^b   He, Min ^a   Zhou, Yue ^a   Bei, Rongta ^c   Li, Li ^a   Ziegler, Alan D ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang (yangtze river); Longchuanjiang river; N:P element ratio; Nitrogen; Nutrient fluxes; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; ANNUAL FLUX; EXPORT RATE; FREE FLOWING; HIGH-NITROGEN; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LONGCHUANJIANG RIVER; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; RIVER SECTION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER DISCHARGES; WET SEASON; YANGTZE RIVER; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

RIVERS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED MATTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 79960392662     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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