Effects of sediment deposition on periphytic biomass, photosynthetic activity and algal community structure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5694-5700

  Izagirre, Oihana ^a   Serra, Alexandra ^b   Guasch, Helena ^b   Elosegi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae community; Clay; Periphyton; Photosynthetic activity; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLAY CONCENTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; FINE SEDIMENTS; GREEN ALGA; IN-CHANNELS; INDOOR CHANNELS; INORGANIC PARTICULATES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PERIPHYTON; PERIPHYTONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT LOADS; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TIME FRAME;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLAY MINERALS; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; CLAY; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; PERIPHYTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SILTATION; TOXICITY;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 70249098777     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.049     Document Type: Article

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