Dynamics of cyanobacterial bloom formation during short-term hydrodynamic fluctuation in a large shallow, eutrophic, and wind-exposed Lake Taihu, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8546-8556

  Wu, Tingfeng ^a   Qin, Boqiang ^a   Zhu, Guangwei ^a   Luo, Liancong ^a   Ding, Yanqing ^a   Bian, Geya ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cyanobacterial bloom; Entrainment; Hydrodynamics; Lake Taihu; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THRESHOLD; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84891148497     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1812-9     Document Type: Article

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