“…On the other hand, the water level of Poyang Lake begins to decline in autumn, the water flow speed increases, and the The comparison in Figure 13 suggested that, regarding the spatial distribution of Chl-a, the highest concentrations of Chl-a in Poyang Lake are mainly distributed near the channel in the north of the lake, which connects it to the Yangtze River, in the places where the Ganjiang, Fuhe, Xinjiang, Raohe, and Xiushui rivers flow into the lake, and in the waters near to the shore of the lake. These observations can be attributed to the transport of various pollutants into the lake by the Ganjiang, Fuhe, Xinjiang, Raohe, and Xiushui rivers, and to human activities in waters near to the lake shore [37]. Sand mining occurs during the whole year in the northern channel that connects the lake with the Yangtze River [16].…”