Discharge and the response of biofilms to metal exposure in Mediterranean rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 657, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Guasch, Helena ^a   Atli, Güluzar ^b   Bonet, Berta ^a   Corcoll, Natàlia ^a   Leira, Manel ^c   Serra, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme activity; Discharge; Fluvial biofilm; Metal; Toxicity; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; CATALANS; CATALONIA; CHRONIC METALS; DIFFUSE SOURCES; DISCHARGE; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FLUVIAL BIOFILM; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHER LATITUDES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; LOW WATER; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL POLLUTION; POINT-SOURCES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PULSE EXPOSURE; RAIN EVENTS; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER SITES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATER AGENCIES; WATER SCARCITY;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; LEAD; METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; METAL; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77957274789     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0116-z     Document Type: Article

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