The Influence of Macrophytes on Sediment Resuspension and the Effect of Associated Nutrients in a Shallow and Large Lake (Lake Taihu, China)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 6; p. e0127915
• Main Authors: Zhu, Mengyuan, Zhu, Guangwei, Nurminen, Leena, Wu, Tingfeng, Deng, Jianming, Zhang, Yunlin, Qin, Boqiang, Ventelä, Anne-Mari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; China; Cyanobacteria; Ecosystems; Environmental Monitoring; Eutrophic environments; Eutrophic lakes; Eutrophication; Fluid mechanics; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Influence; Laboratories; Lake sediments; Lakes; Limnology; Macrophytes; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - analysis; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - analysis; Phytoplankton; Restoration; Science; Sediments; Studies; Transparency; Water column; Water quality; Wind; China; Taihu Lake; Finland

A yearlong campaign to examine sediment resuspension was conducted in large, shallow and eutrophic Lake Taihu, China, to investigate the influence of vegetation on sediment resuspension and its nutrient effects. The study was conducted at 6 sites located in both phytoplankton-dominated zone and macr...