Nutrient limitation dynamics examined on a multi-annual scale in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for controlling eutrophication and harmful algal blooms

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-24

  Paerl, Hans W ^a   Xu, Hai ^b   Hall, Nathan S ^a   Rossignol, Karen L ^a   Joyner, Alan R ^a   Zhu, Guangwei ^b   Qin, Boqiang ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cyanobacterial blooms; eutrophication; Lake Taihu; nitrogen; nutrient management; phosphorus; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC ORGANISM;

CHINA; JIANGSU; MEILIANG BAY; TAIHU BASIN; TAIHU LAKE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84937135333     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2014.994047     Document Type: Article

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