This book presents study findings involving the Changjiang River estuary
and Jiaozhou Bay, China, etc. It takes a large catchment as a combined
ecosystem to study nutrients biogeochemistry and environmental aspects
of the Changjiang River. Some of the findings have sparked new research
directions, including systematic studies of nutrients in the Changjiang
River; sources and control mechanisms of nitrogen and phosphorus in the
Changjiang River and its estuary; removal and transport of nutrients in
the turbidity maximum zone and upwelling area of the Changjiang estuary;
long-term changes in nutrients and ecological responses in the
Changjiang River estuary and Jiaozhou Bay; and a study on nutrient
structure and nutrient composition of phytoplankton, which are topics at
the forefront ofinternational marine
The studies address different fields, such as biogeochemistry, marine
chemistry, ecology, environmental science, oceanography and biology.