Plateau Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication: Status and Challenges

• Other Authors: Zhang, Hucai (Editor), Chen, Jingan (Editor), Haffner, G.D (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning; external loading; internal loading; water quality; tributary; Lake Xingyun; Lake Chenghai; Yunnan; water quality parameters; seasonality; spatial heterogeneity; La-modified material; macrophyte; sediments; phosphorus; eutrophication; particulate organic matter (POM); carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes; source tracing; ecosystem degradation; Caohai Lake; middle reach of the Jinsha River; cascade hydropower development; regression discontinuity analysis; Lake Lugu; thermal stratification; seasonal changes; Lake Qilu; seasonal variation; water temperature; dissolved oxygen; chlorophyll-a; pH; turbidity; plateau lake; nutrient limitation transformation; nutrient threshold; alkaline lake; phytoplankton blooms; Lake Yangzong; temporal and spatial variations; cyanophyte relative quantity index; nutrient reduction; n/a; Lake Yilong; spatial-temporal variations; anthropogenic activities; Lake Erhai; temperature; Chl-a; nutrient elements; heavy metal elements; spatiotemporal characteristics; entropy method-fuzzy evaluation method; principal component analysis; spatial variation; temporal variation
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The continuous and widespread deterioration of lake water quality and eutrophication is not only a local problem, but also a global phenomenon. It is not only destroying, or at least limiting, the valuable water resources for daily life, but threatening the water security of sustainable social devel...