Influence of sunlight on the proliferation of cyanobacterial blooms and its potential applications in Lake Taihu, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 626-635

  Zhou, Qichao ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^a   Shan, Kun ^a,b   Zheng, Lingling ^a   Song, Lirong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Control; Cyanobacterial blooms; Enclosure experiment; Lake Taihu; Light

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTROL; ENCLOSURES; EXPERIMENTS; LIGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER LEVELS;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENTS; LAKE TAIHU; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SUNLIGHT INTENSITY;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION CONTROL; SHADING; TURBIDITY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; MEILIANG BAY; TAIHU LAKE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONTROL; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; LAKE TAIHU; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUNLIGHT;

CONTROL; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; LAKE TAIHU; LIGHT;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84895804348     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(13)60457-X     Document Type: Article

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