Longitudinal development of chlorophyll and phytoplankton assemblages in a regulated large river (the Ebro River)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 196-206

  Sabater, Sergi ^a,b   Artigas, Joan ^a   Durán, Concha ^c   Pardos, Miriam ^c   Romaní, Anna M ^a   Tornés, Elisabet ^a   Ylla, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro Zaragoza ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Hydrology; Mediterranean; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS;

EBRO RIVER; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN; MIDDLE SECTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENTS; RIVER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; RESERVOIR;

ARTICLE; CITY; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; DREISSENA; HYDROLOGY; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SCENEDESMUS;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCENEDESMUS; SPAIN;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COELASTRUM; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; PEDIASTRUM; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 50849125086     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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