Aerosol-weakened summer monsoons decrease lake fertilization on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 190-194

  Liu, Jianbao ^a,b   Rühland, Kathleen M ^c   Chen, Jianhui ^a   Xu, Yangyang ^d   Chen, Shengqian ^a   Chen, Qiaomei ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^e   Chen, Fahu ^a,b   Smol, John P ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOCENE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ICE COVER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMNOLOGY; MONSOON; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SOIL EROSION; SUMMER; TROPHIC STATUS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 85017476823     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3220     Document Type: Article

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