Stable isotope variation in macroinvertebrates indicates anthropogenic disturbance along an urban stretch of the river Tiber (Rome, Italy)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-114

  Di Lascio, Antonella ^a   Rossi, Loreto ^a   Carlino, Pasquale ^a   Calizza, Edoardo ^a   Rossi, David ^b   Costantini, Maria Letizia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Point and diffuse pollution sources; Stable isotopes; Trophic niche; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; DECAY (ORGANIC); EFFLUENTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FISH; ISOTOPES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TROPHIC NICHE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; DISTURBANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FISH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 84881146634     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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