Submerged macrophyte communities and the controlling factors in large, shallow Lake Taihu (China): Sediment distribution and water depth

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 646-655

  Dong, BaiLi ^a   Qin, BoQiang ^a   Gao, Guang ^a   Cai, XianLei ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Depth; Eutrophication; Lake Taihu; Sediment consistency; Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS;

DEPTH; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LAKE TAIHU; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SHALLOW LAKES; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 84907694483     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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