Comparison of the water quality of the surface microlayer and subsurface water in the Guangzhou segment of the Pearl River, China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 475-491

  Liu, Qing ^a,b   Hu, Xiaojuan ^a,c   Jiang, Jiangluan ^a   Zhang, Junyi ^a   Wu, Zhihui ^d   Yang, Yufeng ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Guangzhou segment; heavy metal; microbes; nutrients; Pearl River; surface microlayer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896499641     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-014-1101-7     Document Type: Article

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