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Distribution and Transformation of Nutrients and Eutrophication in Large-scale Lakes and Reservoirs

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Eutrophication of the water body is a topic of widespread interest and the factors that cause it are mainly to do with nutrients, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, illumination and sediment (Wetzel and Limnology, 2001). Furthermore, hydrodynamics also play a crucial role in eutrophication. This consists of flux, flow velocity and water level. Hydrodynamics affect the water body mainly by wind drift and waves, which drive the sediment in the water body to move. Some kinds of substances in the water body then began to mix, dissolve, deposite, suspend, adsorb, entrain and cohere (Xu et al., 2009). In this condition, substances and sediments in the water body will change, which ultimately leads to water quality variety (Liebhold et al., 2004). When the flow velocity is fast, it is hard for eutrophication to occur even if the level of nutrients are high enough to trigger it, because some algae could be washed downstream by the flow before their growth has reached its peak (Zeng et al., 2006). Then the conditions for growth are destroyed and will not result in eutrophication. However, in other slow-flowing water bodies like lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, bays, inland seas, the flow velocity is slow and the water body is changing slowly (Smith, 1935). This condition slows down the spread of the nutrients and aggravates accumulation of the nutrients especially nitrogen and phosphorus, which offer fundamental nutrients for the growth and reproduction of algae.

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    Prof. Zhenyao Shen, Prof. Junfeng Niu & Dr. Ying Wang

  2. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China

    Dr. Hongyuan Wang

  3. Water Environment Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430010, China

    Dr. Xin Zhao

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Shen, Z., Niu, J., Wang, Y., Wang, H., Zhao, X. (2013). Hydrodynamic Effects. In: Distribution and Transformation of Nutrients and Eutrophication in Large-scale Lakes and Reservoirs. Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34964-5_3

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