Ecological water quality of the Three Gorges Reservoir and its relationship with land covers in the reservoir area: implications for reservoir management

In this study, we evaluated the ecological water quality of the entire Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) and further examined the relationship with changes in watershed land covers. Using the phytoplankton functional group-based Q index, we found that the ecological water quality in the mainstream (previ...

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Main Authors: Lin Ye, Kefeng Chen, Jingjing Cheng, Lu Tan, Min Zhang, Xiaoguang Zhang, Qinghua Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1196089/full