Effect of flow velocity on phytoplankton biomass and composition in a freshwater lake

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-71

  Li, Feipeng ^a   Zhang, Haiping ^a   Zhu, Yiping ^b   Xiao, Yihua ^a   Chen, Ling ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Chengtou Environment Asset Management Company Limited   (China)

Author keywords

Critical flow velocity; Enclosure experiment; Flow velocity; Phytoplankton biomass

Indexed keywords

ALGAE BLOOMS; ALGAE GROWTH; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CELL DAMAGE; CRITICAL FLOW CONDITIONS; CRITICAL FLOW VELOCITY; CRITICAL VELOCITIES; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW REGULATION; FRESH WATER LAKES; FRESHWATER BODIES; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; IN-FIELD; INHIBITION EFFECT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; STILL WATER; WATER FLOWS; WATERBODIES;

BIOMASS; ENCLOSURES; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VELOCITY; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER;

ECOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CRITICAL FLOW; FLOW REGULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; LAKE WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER FLOW;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84873585166     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.066     Document Type: Article

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