Water and Sediment Quality in Lakes along the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3601-3618

  Wu, Jinglu ^a   Zeng, Haiao ^a   Yu, Hong ^b   Ma, Long ^c   Xu, Longsheng ^a   Qin, Boqiang ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Water quality, Heavy metal pollution, Lake status, Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CO CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ECONOMIC CONDITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HEAVY INDUSTRIES; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; METAL LOADINGS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ZONES; WATER CHEMISTRY; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER , CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

CATCHMENTS; COPPER; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; LOADING; NUTRIENTS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84865527020     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0093-2     Document Type: Article

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