Correlations between algae and water quality: Factors driving eutrophication in Lake Taihu, China

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-182

  Li, Y P ^a   Tang, C Y ^a   Yu, Z B ^a,b   Acharya, K ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria bloom; Large shallow lakes; Nutrient limitation; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECONOMICS; EUTROPHICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MANUFACTURING FACTORIES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; SHALLOW LAKES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; CORRELATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 84893621317     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0436-4     Document Type: Article

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