Environmental changes in Chaohu Lake (southeast, China) since the mid 20th century: The interactive impacts of nutrients, hydrology and climate

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-17

  Chen, Xu ^a,b   Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Dong, Xuhui ^a   Liu, Enfeng ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Hydrological alteration; Nutrient loading; Shallow lake; Yangtze floodplain

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANHUI; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA;

AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOSTEPHANOS DUBIUS; STEPHANODISCUS PARVUS;

EID: 84870428624     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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