Spatiotemporal patterns in nutrient loads, nutrient concentrations, and algal biomass in Lake Taihu, China

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-309

  Li, Yiping ^a,b,c   Acharya, Kumud ^c   Stone, Mark C ^d   Yu, Zhongbo ^b,e   Young, Michael H ^f   Shafer, David S ^c,g   Zhu, Jianting ^c   Gray, Karen ^c   Stone, Asako ^h   Fan, Lili ^a   Tang, Chunyan ^a,b   Warwick, John ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g Office of Legacy Management   (United States)

^h Central New Mexico Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria blooms; Eutrophication; Land cover; Land use; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84862908518     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438141.2011.610560     Document Type: Article

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