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Mechanism of seasonal deterioration of water quality in Lake Baihua, China

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Water quality of Lake Baihua was found worsening in the autumn of 1994. Studies have shown that the decomposition of organic matter in the upper-level sediments resulted in seasonal anoxia with the release of P, Mn, and S2− from the sediments to the overlying water column, and the increase of NO −2 concentration led to blackening of the water column, death of fishes and secondary Mn pollution.

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  1. State Key Lab. of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 550002, Guiyang

    Bai Zhanguo, Wu Fengchang, Wan Xi, Zou Shengqing & Wan Guojiang

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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Zhanguo, B., Fengchang, W., Xi, W. et al. Mechanism of seasonal deterioration of water quality in Lake Baihua, China. Chin. J. of Geochem. 15, 185–188 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843357

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