Water Diversion is Not to Blame for Phosphorus Enrichment in Taihu Lake

Zhiyuan Wang; Qiuwen Chen; Jianyun Zhang; Hanlu Yan

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Water Diversion is Not to Blame for Phosphorus Enrichment in Taihu Lake

Zhiyuan Wang^a^,^b^,^c ,
Qiuwen Chen^a^,^b^,^c ,
Jianyun Zhang^a^,^c ,
Hanlu Yan^a^,^b

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Zhiyuan Wang, Qiuwen Chen, Jianyun Zhang, Hanlu Yan. Water Diversion is Not to Blame for Phosphorus Enrichment in Taihu Lake. Engineering, 2024, 35(4): 10‒14 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2023.07.007

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