Structural characteristics and oxygen consumption of the epipelic biofilm in three lowland streams exposed to different land uses

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 115-127

  Sierra, Maria Victoria ^a   Gomez, Nora ^a  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Biological descriptors; Epipelon; Pampean plain; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BIOLOGICAL DESCRIPTORS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAMPEAN PLAIN; PROTOZOANS;

WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; LAND USE; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTOZOAN; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAND USE; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTOZOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; RODRIGUEZ ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35148889770     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9469-y     Document Type: Article

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