Lake eutrophication and its ecosystem response

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 961-970

  Qin, BoQiang ^a   Gao, Guang ^a   Zhu, GuangWei ^a   Zhang, YunLin ^a   Song, YuZhi ^b   Tang, XiangMing ^a   Xu, Hai ^a   Deng, JianMing ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

aquatic plant; biodiversity; ecosystem succession; eutrophication; lake; microorganism; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84874980257     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5560-x     Document Type: Review

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