Seasonal-spatial distribution and long-term variation of transparency in Xin’anjiang reservoir.pdf

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 9492-9507; doi:10.3390/ijerph120809492 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Seasonal-Spatial Distribution and Long-Term Variation of Transparency in Xin’anjiang Reservoir: Implications for Reservoir Management Zhixu Wu 1, Yunlin Zhang 2,*, Yongqiang Zhou 2,3, Mingliang Liu 4, Kun Shi 2 and Zuoming Yu 4 1 Chun’an Environmental Monitoring Station, Hangzhou 311700, China; E-Mail: caepb@126.com 2 Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; E-Mails: yohnchou917251@126.com (Y.Z.); kshi@ (K.S.) 3 College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 4 Institute of Environmental Protection Science, Hangzhou 310014, China; E-Mails: lmllyx@163.com (M.L.); yzm0571@163.com (Z.Y.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ylzhang@; Tel.: +86-25-8688-2198; Fax: +86-25-5771-4759. Academic Editor: Yu-Pin Lin Received: 29 June 2015 / Accepted: 3 August 2015 / Published: 12 August 2015 Abstract: Water transparency is a useful indicator of water quality or productivity and is widely used to detect long-term changes in the water quality and eutrophicat