The combined use of metrics of biological quality and biomarkers to detect the effects of reclaimed water on macroinvertebrate assemblages in the lower part of a polluted Mediterranean river (Llobregat River, NE Spain)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-176

  Prat, Narcís ^a   Rieradevall, Maria ^a   Barata, Carles ^b   Munné, Antoni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chironomidae; Ecological status; Hydropsyche exocellata; Macroinvertebrates; Reclaimed water

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; HYDROPSYCHE EXOCELLATA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; RE-CLAIMED WATER;

BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EXPERIMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECLAMATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TREATMENT;

RIVERS;

BIOMARKER; CADDISFLY; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECLAIMED LAND; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HYDROPSYCHE EXOCELLATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84863705450     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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