Assessing the disturbance caused by an industrial discharge using field transfer of epipelic biofilm

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2696-2705

  Victoria, Sierra María ^a   Gómez, Nora ^a  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Epipelic biofilm; Industrial discharge; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION RATE; BIOFILM COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; DESCRIPTORS; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIPELIC BIOFILM; EPIPELON; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; METABOLIC VARIABLES; MORPHOLOGICAL DEFORMATIONS; TEXTILE EFFLUENT;

BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYLL; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; METABOLISM; PORPHYRINS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; TEXTILES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFILTERS;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; DIATOM; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRANSLOCATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; DRY WEIGHT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77952549243     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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