Increased nutrient loads from the Changjiang (Yangtze) River have led to increased Harmful Algal Blooms

• Published in: Harmful algae Vol. 39; pp. 92 - 101
• Main Authors: Li, Hong-Mei, Tang, Hong-Jie, Shi, Xiao-Yong, Zhang, Chuan-Song, Wang, Xiu-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.10.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Algae; algal blooms; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Autoecology; autumn; Bacillariophyceae; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish; Brackish water ecosystems; Changjiang River estuary; community structure; dissolved inorganic nitrogen; East China Sea; estuaries; Eutrophication; Flux; Fresh water ecosystems; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Harmful Algal Blooms; Miozoa; nutrient content; Nutrients; phytoplankton; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; Plants and fungi; pollution load; rivers; seasonal variation; silicon; summer; Synecology; Thallophyta; winter; Pacific Ocean; West Pacific; Asia; East China Sea; China; INW, China, People's Rep., Changjiang Delta; INW, China, People's Rep., Changjiang Estuary; INW, Donghai Sea; China, People's Rep., Changjiang R; Flux; Nutrients; Changjiang River estuary; Harmful Algal Blooms; East China Sea; Eutrophication; Brackish water environment; Load; Algae; Estuaries; Freshwater environment; Marine environment; Bloom; Nutrient; Stream; Harmful alga

•Field and historical data on nutrients and HABs from 1950s to 2007s.•Variations of dissolved inorganic nutrients in the Changjiang River Estuary.•The characteristics of HABs in the past fifty years.•The importance of nutrient fluxes and DO variation in HABs in research area.•Nutrient composition an...