Satellite data regarding the eutrophication response to human activities in the plateau lake Dianchi in China from 1974 to 2009

Distribution of agricultural planting at different altitudes and the nutrients from human activities discharged into the Dianchi Lake via the rivers around the lake. Panel A, low-intensity agriculture (corn planting); panel B, high-intensity agriculture (plastic greenhouse vegetable cultivation); panel C, a river inflowing into lake; and panel D, Dianchi Lake during an algal bloom.172