Improved Yangtze River Diversions: Are they helping to solve algal bloom problems in Lake Taihu, China?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-116

  Li, Yiping ^a,b   Tang, Chunyan ^a,b   Wang, Chao ^a,b   Anim, Desmond O ^a,e   Yu, Zhongbo ^c,f   Acharya, Kumud ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^f STATE KEY LABORATORY OF HYDROLOGY WATER RESOURCES AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

EFDC; Eutrophication; Multi objective optimization method; Shallow lake; Water age; Water transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; EFDC; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODE; FLUSH POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER LAKES; INFLUENT FLOW RATE; LAKE TAIHU; MODEL RESULTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS (MOO); OUTFLOW RATE; POLLUTED AREA; PUMP STATION; SHALLOW LAKES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER TRANSFER PROJECTS; WATER TRANSFERS; WIND CONDITIONS; YANGTZE RIVER;

EUTROPHICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; RIVER DIVERSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALGAL BLOOM; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFLOW; LAKE POLLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; OUTFLOW; PUMPING; RIVER ENGINEERING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER EXCHANGE;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGSU; MEILIANG BAY; TAIHU LAKE; XINGOU; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALGAE;

EID: 84871979674     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.077     Document Type: Article

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