An integration of water physicochemistry, algal bioassays, phytoplankton, and zooplankton for ecotoxicological assessment in a highly polluted lowland river

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 355-381

  Olguín, Héctor F ^a,b   Puig, Alba ^b   Loez, Carolina R ^a,c   Salibián, Alfredo ^c,d   Topalián, Mirta L ^c   Castañé, Patricia M ^c   Rovedatti, María G ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Algal bioassays; Multivariate analyses; Phytoplankton; Reconquista River; South America; Urban river; Water pollution; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; MICROORGANISMS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AGROCHEMICALS; PHYTOPLANKTONS; ZOOPLANKTONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; AMMONIA; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER;

BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; CLADOCERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICS; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECORDING; RIVER; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; RECONQUISTA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS;

EID: 4944231541     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000026538.51477.c2     Document Type: Article

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