The use of benthic invertebrate community and water quality analyses to assess ecological consequences of fish farm effluents in rivers

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 356-365

  Guilpart, Alexis ^a,d   Roussel, Jean Marc ^a   Aubin, Joël ^b   Caquet, Thierry ^a   Marle, Mickaël ^c   Le Bris, Hervé ^d  

^a Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^b UMR SAS   (France)

^c Eco Environnement Conseil   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater land based salmonid farms; Functional feeding groups; River benthic invertebrates; Taxonomic based indicators; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE FACILITY; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOTIC INTEGRITY; CENTRAL SOURCE; CHIRONOMIDS; DILUTE MIXTURES; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; FILTER FEEDERS; FISH FARMS; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS; LOW FLOW; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RUNNING WATERS; SALMONIDS; SAMPLING DATES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS;

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; FEEDING; FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AMMONIUM; AQUACULTURE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EFFLUENT; FISH CULTURE; FOOD WEB; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER; SALMONID; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLECOPTERA; SALMONIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84860684025     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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