Water and Sediment Quality in Lakes along the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, China

• Published in: Water resources management Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 3601 - 3618
• Main Authors: Wu, Jinglu, Zeng, Haiao, Yu, Hong, Ma, Long, Xu, Longsheng, Qin, Boqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; China; Civil Engineering; Deltas; Dissolved oxygen; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Economic conditions; Economic development; Economics; Environment; Environmental impact; Environmental protection; Eutrophication; Exact sciences and technology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Heavy metal content; Heavy metals; Hydrogeology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Industrial development; Industrial pollution; Industrial wastes; Industrial wastewater; Laboratories; Lake catchments; Lakes; Limnology; Metals; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrient loading; Nutrients; Pollution; Rivers; Science; Sediment samplers; Sediments; Spatial distribution; Studies; Topography; Turbidity; Urban areas; Urbanization; Water chemistry; Water quality; Water resources; Water resources management; Far East; Asia; China; Yangtze River; Water quality, Heavy metal pollution, Lake status, Yangtze River; China; turbidity; Heavy metal pollution; waste water; heavy metals; metals; industry; protection; sulfates; pollution; spatial distribution; nutrients; Yangtze River; drainage basins; modern; conductivity; lakes; deltas; oxygen; policy; concentration; urban areas; loading; urbanization; industrial waste; contamination; water quality; water resource management; Lake status

Water and sediment samples were collected from 45 lakes along the middle-lower Yangtze River, China. Each lake was sampled seasonally, over a period of one year. Water quality variables and metals in sediments were measured. Lakes along the lowest part of the river, within the Yangtze River Delta, h...