Effects of lake-basin morphological and hydrological characteristics on the eutrophication of shallow lakes in eastern China

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 666-674

  Huang, Jian ^a   Xu, Qiujin ^b   Xi, Beidou ^b   Wang, Xixi ^c   Jia, Keli ^d   Huo, Shouliang ^b   Su, Jing ^b   Zhang, Ting ^a   Li, Caole ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chl a; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Surface area; Water depth; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CHL-A; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; LOWER YANGTZE RIVERS; SURFACE AREA; WATER DEPTH; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

LAKES;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SHALLOW WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84907687569     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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