The effect of dams on phosphorus in the middle and lower Yangtze river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3659-3669

  Zhou, Jianjun ^a   Zhang, Man ^a   Lu, Pingyu ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGJIANG WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION   (China)

Author keywords

dams; phosphorus; reservoirs; sediment; Yangtze river

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DAMS; NUTRIENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS;

CONTINUOUS FLOWS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MIDDLE AND LOWER YANGTZE RIVERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; THREE GORGES PROJECT; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

RIVERS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DATA SET; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84881068161     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20283     Document Type: Article

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