Reservoirs override seasonal variability of phytoplankton communities in a regulated Mediterranean river

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 475, Issue , 2014, Pages 225-233

  Tornes E ^a,b   Perez M C ^c   Duran C ^d   Sabater, S ^a,b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Phytoplankton Consultant   (Spain)

^d Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Phytoplankton dynamics; Reservoirs; River monitoring; Season

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; RIVER MONITORING; SEASON; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

RIVERS;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; RIVER SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREEN ALGA; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW;

EBRO RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; DINOPHYCEAE;

MEDITERRANEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; RESERVOIRS; RIVER MONITORING; SEASON;

DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84895091895     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.086     Document Type: Article

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