Long-term survey of heavy-metal pollution, biofilm contamination and diatom community structure in the Riou Mort watershed, South-West France

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-542

  Morin, S ^a,b   Duong, T T ^a,b   Dabrin, A ^b   Coynel, A ^b   Herlory, O ^b   Baudrimont, M ^b   Delmas, F ^a   Durrieu, G ^b   Schafer J ^b   Winterton, P ^c   Blanc, G ^b   Coste, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Cadmium; Geochemical survey; Metal bioaccumulation; Periphytic diatoms; Valve abnormalities; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILMS; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HEAVY-METAL POLLUTION; PERIPHYTIC DIATOMS; SEASONAL PERIODICITY; VALVE ABNORMALITIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM 109; HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CADMIUM; DIATOM; SEASON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; DIATOM; DRY WEIGHT; FRANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SEASON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WINTER;

AVEYRON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; RIOU MORT BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EOLIMNA MINIMA; FRAGILARIA; NAVICULA LANCEOLATA; NITZSCHIA PALEA; PINNULARIA; SURIRELLA ANGUSTA; SURIRELLA BREBISSONII; ULNARIA;

EID: 38849197000     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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