A global review on ambient Limestone-Precipitating Springs (LPS): Hydrogeological setting, ecology, and conservation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 624-637

  Cantonati, Marco ^a   Segadelli, Stefano ^b,d   Ogata, Kei ^d   Tran, Ha ^c   Sanders, Diethard ^c   Gerecke, Reinhard ^e   Rott, Eugen ^c   Filippini, Maria ^f   Gargini, Alessandro ^f   Celico, Fulvio ^d  

^a Museo Delle Scienze MUSE Limnology and Phycology Research Unit   (Italy)

^b Emilia Romagna Region   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocalcification; EU Habitat Directive; Freshwater conservation; Limestone Precipitating Springs (LPS); Spring habitats; Spring Associated Limestones (SAL); Travertines; Tufa Springs

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; SOLVENTS; WATER;

BIOCALCIFICATION; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; HABITAT DIRECTIVES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION; STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITY; TRAVERTINES;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE;

EUROPEAN UNION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TRAVERTINE; TUFA;

ARTICLE; BIOCALCIFICATION; BIOTA; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESMIDIALES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUCLADIUM; EUROPE; FAUNA; FLORA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LIMESTONE PRECIPITATING SPRING; MOSS; NATURAL SPRING; NONHUMAN; OOCARDIUM STRATUM; PALUSTRIELLA; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CONSERVATION;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMILIA; EUCLADIUM; INVERTEBRATA; PALUSTRIELLA; RIVULARIA (CYANOBACTERIUM);

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL SPRINGS;

EID: 84991674455     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.105     Document Type: Article

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