Seasonal and spatial variations of water quality and trophic status in Daya Bay, South China Sea

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 112; no. 1-2; pp. 341 - 348
• Main Authors: Wu, Mei-Lin, Wang, You-Shao, Wang, Yu-Tu, Sun, Fu-Lin, Sun, Cui-Ci, Cheng, Hao, Dong, Jun-De
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.11.2016
• Subjects: Assessment of Estuarine Trophic Status; Bays - chemistry; China; Climate Change; Cluster Analysis; coastal water; Ecosystem management; Environmental Monitoring - methods; estuaries; Eutrophication; freshwater; Humans; monitoring; monsoon season; Multivariate statistical analyses; Nutrients; Principal Component Analysis; seasonal variation; Seawater - analysis; South China Sea; summer; trophic levels; wastewater; water pollution; Water Quality; winter; ISEW, South China Sea; ISEW, China, People's Rep., Guangdong Prov., Daya Bay; South China Sea; Multivariate statistical analyses; Assessment of Estuarine Trophic Status; Nutrients; Ecosystem management; Water quality; Eutrophication

Coastal water quality and trophic status are subject to intensive environmental stress induced by human activities and climate change. Quarterly cruises were conducted to identify environmental characteristics in Daya Bay in 2013. Water quality is spatially and temporally dynamic in the bay. Cluster...