Six-decade change in water chemistry of large freshwater lake Taihu, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9093-9101

  Tao, Yu ^a   Yuan, Zhang ^a   Fengchang, Wu ^a   Wei, Meng ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PRECIPITATION; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COAL CONSUMPTION; FRESH WATER LAKES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ROCK WEATHERING; SEWAGE DISCHARGES;

ALGAE; CALCIUM; IONS; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEWAGE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ANION; CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID; CATION; CHLORIDE ION; COAL; FRESH WATER; ION; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION; LAKE WATER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; ROCK; SEWAGE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HARDNESS; HUMAN; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

CHINA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LAKES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84882712764     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401517h     Document Type: Article

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