Three lakes in the Huainan Panxie coalmine areas, with different nutrient ratio, were investigated for their phytoplankton communities in four seasons from 2014 to 2015. Three dominant species (genera) of phytoplankton, including Chroomonas caudata, Cyclotella catenata and Pseudanabaena sp., were selected to obtain their nutrient kinetics by a number of incubation experiments with limitation for individual nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Under N limitation conditions, the maximum specific growth and half-saturated constant for the three species of Chroomonas caudate, Cyclotella catenata and Pseudanabaena sp. were 0.66 d^-1 and 1.66 mg/L, 0.37 d^-1 and 1.06 mg/L, 0.71 d^-1 and 2.26 mg/L, respectively; with respect of P limitation conditions, they were 0.51 d^-1 and 0.023 mg/L, 0.31 d^-1 and 0.035 mg/L, 0.90 d^-1 and 0.015 mg/L, respectively. Especially, the Pseudanabaena sp. takes dominant role due to its nutrient competition ability under P limitation in this type of lakes, where N is sufficient for its growth. This research has important implication on local nutrient management of water resources in the coal mine areas.