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Lake Taihu, China

Dynamics and Environmental Change

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Boqiang Qin

    1. State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, People’s Republic China

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  • A unique introduction to the ecology and biology of Lake Taihu
  • Features the importance of a shallow lake in the socio-economy of China

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 87)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. An Introduction to Lake Taihu

    • S.C. Sun, R. Mao
    Pages 1-67

  3. Optical Properties of Lake Taihu and Radiative Transfer Simulation

    • Y.L. Zhang
    Pages 69-113

  4. Hydrodynamics and Its Effects on the Aquatic Ecosystem

    • L.C. Luo, B.Q. Qin
    Pages 115-149

  5. Sediment–Water Exchange and Its Significance

    • Guangwei Zhu
    Pages 151-196

  6. Physiological and Ecological Characteristics of Blue-Green Algae in Lake Taihu

    • Guang Gao
    Pages 197-227

  7. The Lake Ecosystem: Structure and Development

    • Dingtian Yang, Yunlin Zhang, Weimin Chen
    Pages 229-294

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 295-339
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2 In China, there are more than 2,759 lakes with surface area greater than 1km , and 2 the total lake area is 91,019km . One-third of these lakes are freshwater lakes, and the majority are situated in the middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang River or in eastern China’s coastal areas. These lakes function as drinking water supplies, ood control systems, aquaculture and tourism resources, navigation channels, etc. Recently, many shallow lakes in China have been subject to rapid eutrophication and suffer from algal blooms. This issue has resulted in a shortage of drinking water and in degradation of their ecosystems. The control of eutrophication of shallow lakes is one of the main issues with which the local people and Chinese governments are concerned today. Lake Taihu is the third largest freshwater lake in China, with an area of about 2 2338km and a mean depth of 1. 9m, a typical shallow lake located in the delta of Changjiang River, the most industrialized and urbanized area in China. Its main function is supplying drinking water for the surrounding cities, such as Wuxi, Suzhou, and Shanghai, but tourism, aquaculture, sheries, and navigation are imp- tant as well. However, with economic development and increased population in the lake basin, Lake Taihu has suffered increasingly from serious eutrophication. The environmental issue of Lake Taihu is now a very common one, as most lakes from eastern China are confronted with it.

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  • State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, People’s Republic China

    Boqiang Qin

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