Relationship Between Surface Sediment Diatoms and Summer Water Quality in Shallow Lakes of the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River

2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-Dong YANG ◽  
Xu-Hui DONG ◽  
Guang GAO ◽  
Hong-Xi PAN ◽  
Jing-Lu WU
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River

scholarly journals Water quality evaluation based on the water quality index method in Honghu Lake: one of the largest shallow lakes in the Yangtze River Economic Zone

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 2145-2155
Author(s):  
Libin Chen ◽  
Zhuo Tian ◽  
Kaipeng Zou
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Water Quality Index ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Honghu Lake ◽  
Economic Zone

Abstract Honghu Lake is the largest lake-type wetland in Hubei Province, China. It is also one of the largest shallow lakes in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, a key area in the relatively more developed southeast of China. However, the water quality has seen a deterioration tendency in recent decades, mostly owing to unreasonable human activities such as lake enclosure aquaculture following rapid social and economic development. Based on the water quality index (WQI) method, the water quality of Honghu Lake, by the vast amount of data collected from five observation sites monitored over ten years, was analyzed and evaluated. The results show that: (i) the water quality of Honghu Lake is in the ‘General’ grade as a whole with a WQI value of 43.41 ± 6.66; (ii) the water quality has been improving in the recent two years, reversing its decade-long deterioration; (iii) the water quality sampled at the Lantian site is the worst while that of the Guandun site is the best; (iv) the concentration of Pb and Cd are the key parameters to determine the water quality of Honghu Lake. Therefore, it can be concluded that more attention should be paid to investigate heavy metals in Honghu Lake in the future.

Experimental investigation on water quality standard of Yangtze River water source heat pump

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 1103-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenghu Qin ◽  
Mingwei Tong ◽  
Lin Kun
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
River Water ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Water Conditions

Due to the surface water in the upper reaches of Yangtze River in China containing large amounts of silt and algae, high content of microorganisms and suspended solids, the water in Yangtze River cannot be used for cooling a heat pump directly. In this paper, the possibility of using Yangtze River, which goes through Chongqing, a city in southwest China, as a heat source–sink was investigated. Water temperature and quality of the Yangtze River in the Chongqing area were analyzed and the performance of water source heat pump units in different sediment concentrations, turbidity and algae material conditions were tested experimentally, and the water quality standards, in particular surface water conditions, in the Yangtze River region that adapt to energy-efficient heat pumps were also proposed. The experimental results show that the coefficient of performance heat pump falls by 3.73% to the greatest extent, and the fouling resistance of cooling water in the heat exchanger increases up to 25.6% in different water conditions. When the sediment concentration and the turbidity in the river water are no more than 100 g/m3 and 50 NTU respectively, the performance of the heat pump is better, which can be used as a suitable river water quality standard for river water source heat pumps.

Fishery Resources, Environment, and Conservation in the Mississippi and Yangtze (Changjiang) River Basins

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Silver Carp ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Bighead Carp ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Changjiang River ◽  
Hypophthalmichthys Nobilis ◽  
Anthropogenic Modifications

<em>Abstract</em>.—Bighead Carp <em>Hypophthalmichthys nobilis </em>and Silver Carp <em>H. molitrix </em>are native in the Yangtze River and extremely important economically and culturally as food fishes; however, the two species have declined due to overfishing and anthropogenic modifications to hydrology and water quality. Bighead Carp and Silver Carp were imported to North America in the early 1970s, escaped confinement, and have now become undesirable and problematic invasive species. The two carps have become the most abundant fish species in many portions of their invaded range, which continues to expand. We compare the biology, status, and management of these species between their natal range in the Yangtze River and their invaded habitats of the Mississippi River basin.

Water quality problems and potential for wetlands as treatment systems in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Wetlands ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1125-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuzhen Li ◽  
Ülo Mander ◽  
Zhigang Ma ◽  
Yue Jia
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta
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