Diatom ecological response to altered hydrological forcing of a shallow lake on the Yangtze floodplain, SE China

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-325

  Liu, Qian ^a,b,c   Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Anderson, N John ^d   Liu, Enfeng ^a   Dong, Xuhui ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil diatom assemblage; Hydrodynamic conditions; Regime shift; Taibai Lake; Total phosphorus reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CLEARWATER; CONTINUOUS INPUT; DEPTH 3; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DYNAMIC NATURE; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN LAKES; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LONG-TERM INTERACTION; MIXED STATE; MULTI PROXIES; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; REGIME SHIFT; RIVER CHANNELS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SHALLOW LAKES; SURFACE AREA; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; YANGTZE RIVER;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LAKES; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACROPHYTE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALGAE; AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; GYROSIGMA ACUMINATUM; NITZSCHIA PALEA; PALEA;

EID: 84862140242     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.222     Document Type: Article

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