Human Pressure and Its Effects on Water Quality and Biota in the Llobregat River

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 297-325

  Munné, Antoni ^a   Solà, Carolina ^a   Tirapu, Lluís ^a   Barata, Carlos ^b   Rieradevall, Maria ^c   Prat, Narcís ^c  

^a Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological indices; Biomarkers; Chemical status; Ecological status; Human pressure; Llobregat basin; Monitoring program; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026726923     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698_2012_149     Document Type: Chapter

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