Dissolved oxygen stratification and response to thermal structure and long-term climate change in a large and deep subtropical reservoir (Lake Qiandaohu, China)

Water Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-258

  Zhang, Yunlin ^a   Wu, Zhixu ^b   Liu, Mingliang ^c   He, Jianbo ^c   Shi, Kun ^a   Zhou, Yongqiang ^a,d   Wang, Mingzhu ^a,d   Liu, Xiaohan ^a,d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chun'an Environ Monitoring Station   (China)

^c Hangzhou Institute of Environmental Protection Science Research   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dissolved oxygen; Oxycline depth; Stratification; Thermocline depth

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; OXYGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DO CONCENTRATION; OXYCLINE DEPTH; STABLE STRATIFICATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLOBAL WARMING; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GROWING SEASON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STRATIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUMMER; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; OXYGEN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84924721472     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.052     Document Type: Article

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