Responses of summer phytoplankton community to drastic environmental changes in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary during the past 50 years

Water Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Jiang, Zhibing ^a,b   Liu, Jingjing ^a   Chen, Jianfang ^a   Chen, Quanzhen ^a   Yan, Xiaojun ^b   Xuan, Jiliang ^a   Zeng, Jiangning ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dam construction; Eutrophication; Global warming; Harmful algal bloom (HAB); Large estuary; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; FLOOD CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; TROPICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; HYDROGRAPHIC CHANGES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; TURBIDITY REDUCTION;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROBIOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY;

CHINA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN WARM CURRENT; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (HAB); LARGE ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; HUMANS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893908338     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.032     Document Type: Article

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