Dynamics of the lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin, China, since late nineteenth century

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4005-4018

  Cui, Lijuan ^a   Gao, Changjun ^a   Zhao, Xinsheng ^a   Ma, Qiongfang ^a   Zhang, Manyin ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Song, Hongtao ^a   Wang, Yifei ^a   Li, Shengnan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Human activity; Lake change; Lake reclamation; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; FRESH WATER LAKES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; RESTORATION PROJECT; WETLAND CONSERVATION; YANGTZE RIVER;

WATERSHEDS;

LAKES;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE DYNAMICS; MAP; NATURE CONSERVATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLICY MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; POLICY; POND; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; LAKE; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878369316     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2845-0     Document Type: Article

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