Recovery of the macroinvertebrate community below a wastewater treatment plant input in a Mediterranean stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 545, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 289-302

  Ortiz, Jesús D ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^a   Puig, M Àngels ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotic integrity; Diversity; Functional feeding groups; Mediterranean stream; Nutrient enrichment; Sewage

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXYGEN; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MACROINVERTETRATE COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RELATIVE DENSITY; SHANNON DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 21644461025     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-3646-z     Document Type: Article

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