[Effects of ecosystem structure on the organic aggregates physical and chemical parameters of Lake Taihu].
The abundance, organic matter content and chemical composition of organic aggregation (OA) were monitored in Lake Taihu in different ecotype sites from January to December in 2007, and other water physical and chemical parameters were concomitantly monitored. The OA abundance was increasing along regional and P-enrichment gradients, and there were significant differences in OA characteristic in different ecotypes. Moreover, wind is one important factor that contributes to OA characteristic in Lake Taihu. OA maybe one potential important nutrient source in lake water for its high enrichment factors of nutrition: the concentrations of P and N in the OA were much higher than that of in the water; more than one third (43.3%) of TP could be attributed to the OA-P, and that number of OA-N is 16.5%.
Chao
Jian-Ying
JY
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. njauchao@163.com
Gao
Guang
G
Tang
Xiang-Ming
XM
Shen
Yan
Y
Zhu
Li-Ping
LP
D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D005068:Eutrophication; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D010316:Particle Size; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000737:chemistry*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
D014873:Water Pollutants; D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen