Ecological relevance of biomarkers in monitoring studies of macro-invertebrates and fish in Mediterranean rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 307-323

  Colin, Nicole ^a   Porte, Cinta ^b   Fernandes, Denise ^b   Barata, Carlos ^b   Padrós, Francesc ^c   Carrassón, Maite ^c   Monroy, Mario ^a   Cano Rocabayera, Oriol ^a   de Sostoa, Adolfo ^a   Piña, Benjamín ^b   Maceda Veiga, Alberto ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Bioindicators; Ecosystem health; Intermittent rivers; Keystone species; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MACROS; RIVERS;

BIOASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; INTERMITTENT RIVERS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; SPECIES TRAITS;

ECOLOGY;

ALKYLPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VITELLOGENIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FISH; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; FOOD WEB; GENOTOXICITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RIVERS;

EID: 84945479918     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.099     Document Type: Article

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