Controlling cyanobacterial blooms by managing nutrient ratio and limitation in a large hyper-eutrophic lake: Lake Taihu, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 27, Issue C, 2015, Pages 80-86

  Ma, Jianrong ^a,b   Qin, Boqiang ^a   Wu, Pan ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   Niu, Cheng ^a   Deng, Jianming ^a   Niu, Hailin ^a,c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; Eutrophication; Limitation; Nitrogen; Nutrient ratio; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LOADING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; LIMITATION; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84927622808     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.05.042     Document Type: Article

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