Chapter 1 Shallow Lakes and Lake Eutrophication in China 1.1 Characteristics and distribution of shallow lakes in China 1.2 Trends of shallow lakes in China 1.3 Eutrophication of shallow lakes in China 1.4 Major causes of eutrophication of shallow lakes in China 1.5 Previous studies of the effect of hydrology and hydrodynamics on the eutrophication of shallow lakes Reference Chapter 2 Effects of Lake-Basin Morphological and Hydrological Characteristics on the Eutropbication of Shallow Lakes in Eastern China 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Materials and methods 2.3 Results 2.4 Discussion Reference Chapter 3 Hydrology-Climate-Morphology Influences on Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lakes Fed by Yangtze River 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Materials and methods 3.3 Results 3.4 Discussion Reference Chapter 4 Long-Term Variations of TN and TP in Four Lakes Fed by Yangtze River at Various Time Scales 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Materials and methods 4.3 Results 4.4 Discussion Reference Chapter 5 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Eutrophication in Lake Taihu as Affected by Wind 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Materials and methods 5.3 Results 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusions Reference …… Chapter 6 Impacts of Hydrodynamic Disturbance on Sediment Resuspension Phosphorus and Phosphatase Release and Cyanobacterial Growth in Lake Taihu Chapter 7 Experiment Study on Effects of Hydrodynamic Disturbance on the Interaction between Cyanobacterial Growth and Nutrient Chapter 8 Evaluation of a Modified Monod Model for Predicting Algal Dynamics in Lake Taihu