Establishing potential links between the presence of alkylphenolic compounds and the benthic community in a European river basin

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 934-945

  Brix, Rikke ^a   López Doval, Julio ^b   Ricart, Marta ^d   Guasch, Helena ^d   de Alda, Miren Lopez ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^b   Orendt, Claus ^c   Romaní, Anna M ^d   Sabater, Sergi ^d   Barceló, Damiá ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Orendt Hydrobiologie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkylphenols; Aquatic benthic community; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Environmental quality standards

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; LIMNOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; PHENOLS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860505518     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0527-z     Document Type: Article

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