Phytoplankton chlorophyll a in lake Poyang and its tributaries during dry, mid-dry and wet seasons: A 4-year study

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue 412, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Z ^a,b   Lai, X ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Cai, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophylla; Lake Poyang; Light; Tributaries; Water retention time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898443579     PISSN: 19619502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2013088     Document Type: Article

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