Spatiotemporal distributions of nutrients in the downstream from Gezhouba Dam in Yangtze River, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2849-2859

  Hu, Jun ^a   Qiao, Ye ^a   Zhou, Lianfeng ^a   Li, Sixin ^a  

^a YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Chl.a; Gezhouba Dam; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Water level

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GEZHOUBA DAM; HUBEI; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALGAE;

EID: 84871714731     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0791-6     Document Type: Article

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