Aquatic macrophytes as bioindicators of carbon dioxide in groundwater fed rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4752-4763

  Demars, Benoît O L ^a   Trémolières, Michèle ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Biomonitoring; Carbon dioxide; Multiple stressors; Nitrate; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; AQUATIC PLANTS; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; BIOMONITORING; DANUBE RIVER BASIN; DATA SETS; FIELD DATA; GROUNDWATER-FED RIVERS; HYDROLOGICAL TRACERS; IN-PLANT; LABORATORY STUDIES; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; PREDICTIVE POWER; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AQUACULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TESTING; TOXICITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATE;

AMMONIUM; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CARBON DIOXIDE; MACROPHYTE; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE BASIN; RHONE BASIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67349238702     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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