Effects of wastewater Treatment Plant pollution on in-stream ecosystems functions in an agricultural watershed

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-92

  Sánchez Pérez, José Miguel ^a,b   Gerino, Magali ^b   Sauvage, Sabine ^a,b   Dumas, Pascal ^a,b   Maneux, Éric ^a,b   Julien, Frédéric ^b   Winterton, Peter ^b   Vervier, Philippe ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Ecosystem respiration; Nutrient retention; Rivers; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; POINT SOURCE; STREAM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 68149170506     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2009011     Document Type: Article

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