The effects of the Three Gorges Dam’s (TGD’s) experimental impoundment on the phytoplankton community in the Xiangxi River, China

References

• Walker , K.F. 1985 . A review of the ecological effects of river regulation in Australia . Hydrobiologia , 125 : 111 – 129 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dynesius , M. and Nilsson , C. 1994 . Fragmentation and flow regulation of river systems in the northern third of the world . Science , 266 : 753 – 762 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Power , M.E. , Sun , A. , Parker , G. , Dietrich , W.E. and Wootton , J.T. 1995 . Hydraulic food chain models . Bioscience , 45 : 159 – 167 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Power , M.E. , Dietrich , W.E. and Finlay , J.C. 1996 . Dams and downstream aquatic biodiversity: potential food web consequences of hydrologic and geomorphic change . Environmental Management , 20 : 887 – 895 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mullan , J.W. , Starostka , V.J. , Stone , J.L. , Wiley , R.W. and Wihzius , W.J. . Factors Affecting Upper Colorado River Reservoir Tailwater Trout Fisheries . Proceedings of the Symposium and Specialty Conference in Instream Flow Needs . Bethesda, MD : American Fisheries Society .
   Google Scholar
• Stanford , J.A. and Ward , J.V. 1986 . “ Reservoirs of the Colorado system ” . In The Ecology of River Systems , Edited by: Davies , B.R. and Walker , K.F. 374 – 383 . Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• De Merona , B. and Albert , P. 1999 . Ecological monitoring of fish assemblages downstream of a hydroelectric dam in French Guiana (South America) . Regulated Rivers: Research & Management , 15 : 339 – 351 .
   Google Scholar
• Paragamian , V.L. 2002 . Changes in the species composition of the fish community in a reach of the Kootenai River, Idaho, after construction of Libby Dam . Journal of Freshwater Ecology , 17 : 375 – 383 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poff , N.L. and Hart , D.D. 2002 . How dams vary and why it matters for the emerging science of dam removal . Bioscience , 52 : 659 – 668 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Preece , R.M. and Jones , H.A. 2002 . The effect of Keepit Dam on the temperature regime of the Namoi River, Australia . River Research and Applications , 18 : 397 – 414 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dudgeon , D. 2000 . The ecology of tropical Asian rivers and streams in relation to biodiversity conservation . Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics , 31 : 239 – 263 .
   Google Scholar
• Joy , M.K. and Death , R.G. 2001 . Control of freshwater fish and crayfish community structure in Taranaki, New Zealand: dams, diadromy or habitat structure? . Freshwater Biology , 46 : 417 – 429 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Park , Y.S. , Chang , J. , Lek , S. , Cao , W. and Brosse , S. 2003 . Conservation strategies for endemic fish species threatened by the Three Gorges Dam . Conservation Biology , 17 : 1748 – 1758 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Katano , O. , Nakamura , T. , Abe , S. , Yamamoto , S. and Baba , Y. 2006 . Comparison of fish communities between above‐ and below dam sections of small streams: barrier effect to diadromous fishes . Journal of Fish Biology , 68 : 767 – 770 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• World Commission on Dams (WCD) . 2000 . Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision‐Making , London : Earthscan Publications Ltd .
   Google Scholar
• Marchant , R. and Hehir , G. 2002 . The use of AUSRIVAS predictive models to assess the response of lotic macroinvertebrates to dams in south‐east Australia . Freshwater Biology , 47 : 1033 – 1050 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• March , J.G. , Benstead , J.P. , Pringle , C.M. and Scatena , F.N. 2003 . Damming tropical island streams: problems, solutions, and alternatives . Bioscience , 53 : 1069 – 1078 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu , Z.Y. and Cai , Q.H. 2006 . Preliminary report on aquatic ecosystem dynamics of the Three Gorges Reservoir before and after impoundment . Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica , 30 : 1 – 6 .
   Google Scholar
• Büsing , N. 1998 . Seasonality of phytoplankton as an indicator of trophic status of the large perialpine ‘Lago diGarda’ . Hydrobiologia , 369/370 : 153 – 162 .
   Google Scholar
• Díaz‐Pardo , E. , Vazquez , G. and López‐López , E. 1998 . The phytoplankton community as a bioindicator of health conditions of Atezca Lake, Mexico . Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management , 1 (3) : 257 – 266 .
   Google Scholar
• Humborg , C. , Ittekkot , V. , Cociasu , A. and Bodungen , B. 1997 . Effect of Danube River dam on Black Sea biogeochemistry and ecosystem structure . Nature , 386 : 385 – 388 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lancelot , C. , Staneva , J. , Eeckhout , D. , Beckers , J.M. and Stanev , E. 2002 . Modelling the Danube‐influenced north‐western continental shelf of the Black Sea: II. Ecosystem response to changes in nutrient delivery by the Danube River after its damming in 1972 . Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science , 54 : 473 – 499 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bi , Y.H. and Weng , L.D. 2009 . “ Water environment protection in Three Gorges Reservoir ” . In Yangtze Conservation and Development Report , Edited by: Yang , G.S. , Ma , C.D. and Chang , S.Y. 92 – 114 . Wuhan : Yangtze River Publishers . (in Chinese)
   Google Scholar
• Chen , Z.Y. and Yu , L.Z. 2001 . The Yangtze River: an introduction . Geomorphology , 41 : 73 – 75 .
   Google Scholar
• Kuang , Q.J. , Bi , Y.H. , Zhou , G.J. , Cai , Q.H. and Hu , Z.Y. 2005 . Study on the phytoplankton in the Three Gorges Reservoir before and after sluice and the protection of water quality . Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica , 29 (4) : 353 – 358 .
   Google Scholar
• Zeng , H. , Song , L.R. , Yu , Z.G. and Chen , H.T. 2006 . Distribution of phytoplankton in the Three‐Gorge Reservoir during rainy and dry seasons . Science of the Total Environment , 367 : 999 – 1009 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eker , E. , Georgieva , L. , Senichkina , L. and Kideys , A.E. 1999 . Phytoplankton distribution in the western and eastern Black Sea in spring and autumn 1995 . Journal of Marine Systems , 56 : 15 – 22 . (Suppl.)
   Google Scholar
• Zhang , Z.S. and Huang , X.F. 1991 . The Research Methods for Freshwater Plankton , Beijing : Science Press .
   Google Scholar
• Huang , X.F. 1999 . Observation and Analysis of Lake Ecosystem , Beijing : Chinese Standards Press .
   Google Scholar
• Chinese State Environmental Protection Administration . 2002 . Water and Wastewater Monitoring Analysis Method , Beijing : Chinese Environmental Science Publishers . (in Chinese)
   Google Scholar
• Du , J. , Zhang , H.H. and Li , J.S. 2004 . Comparative study of the pollution loading or nourishing substances nitrogen and phosphorous in Chongqing segment of the Three Gorges Reservoir . Journal of Chongqing Jiaotong University , 23 : 121 – 125 .
   Google Scholar
• Saunders , D.A. and Hobbs , R.J. 1991 . Biological consequences of ecosystem fragmentation: a review . Conservation Biology , 5 : 18 – 32 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tang , T. , Cai , Q.H. , Liu , R.Q. , Li , D.F. and Xie , Z.C. 2002 . Distribution of epilithic algae in the Xiangxi River system and their relationships with environmental factors . Journal of Freshwater Ecology , 17 (3) : 345 – 352 .
   Google Scholar
• Kuang , Q.J. , Hu , Z.Y. , Zhou , G.J. , Ye , L. and Cai , Q.H. 2004 . Investigation on phytoplankton in Xiangxi River watershed and the evaluation of its water quality . Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research , 22 (6) : 507 – 513 .
   Google Scholar
• Martinez , P.J. , Chart , T.E. , Trammell , M.A. , Wullschleger , J.G. and Bergersen , E.P. 1994 . Fish species composition before and after construction of a main stem reservoir on the White River, Colorado . Environmental Biology of Fishes , 40 : 227 – 239 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Han , M. , Fukushima , M. , Kameyama , S. , Fukushima , T. and Matsushita , B. 2008 . How do dams affect freshwater fish distributions in Japan? Statistical analysis of native and nonnative species with various life histories . Ecological Research , 23 : 735 – 743 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holden , P.B. 1979 . “ Ecology of riverine fishes in regulated streams with emphasis on the Colorado River ” . In Ecology of Regulated Streams , Edited by: Ward , J.V. and Stanford , J.A. 57 – 74 . New York : Plenum Press .
   Google Scholar
• Brooker , M.P. 1981 . The impact of impoundment on the downstream fisheries and general ecology of rivers . Advance in Applied Biology , 6 : 91 – 152 .
   Google Scholar
• Ward , J.V. 1982 . Ecological aspects of stream regulation: responses in downstream lotic reaches . Water Pollution & Management Review (New Delhi) , 2 : 1 – 26 .
   Google Scholar
• Chinese State Environmental Protection Administration . 2004 . Communique 2004 on Three Gorges engineering and ecology , Beijing : Chinese Environmental Science Publishers . (in Chinese)
   Google Scholar