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Rodríguez-Castillo T, Barquín J, Álvarez-Cabria M, et al. Effects of sewage effluents and seasonal changes on the metabolism of three Atlantic rivers. Sci Total Environ. 2017;599:1108-1118doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.067.
Rodríguez-Castillo, T., Barquín, J., Álvarez-Cabria, M., Peñas, F. J., & Álvarez, C. (2017). Effects of sewage effluents and seasonal changes on the metabolism of three Atlantic rivers. The Science of the total environment, 5991108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.067
Rodríguez-Castillo, Tamara, et al. "Effects of sewage effluents and seasonal changes on the metabolism of three Atlantic rivers." The Science of the total environment vol. 599 (2017): 1108-1118. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.067
Rodríguez-Castillo T, Barquín J, Álvarez-Cabria M, Peñas FJ, Álvarez C. Effects of sewage effluents and seasonal changes on the metabolism of three Atlantic rivers. Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 01;599:1108-1118. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.067. Epub 2017 May 12. PMID: 28511356.
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Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 01;599:1108-1118. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.067. Epub 2017 May 12.

Effects of sewage effluents and seasonal changes on the metabolism of three Atlantic rivers.

The Science of the total environment

Tamara Rodríguez-Castillo, José Barquín, Mario Álvarez-Cabria, Francisco J Peñas, César Álvarez

Affiliations

  1. Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.

PMID: 28511356 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.067

Abstract

Sewage inputs on fluvial ecosystems affect benthic communities and alter trophic networks resulting in changes on river functioning. Functional indicators (e.g. river metabolism) have been proposed as a valuable tool to evaluate ecosystem impairment. In the present study we monitored river metabolism in spring (few days after a major flood) and in summer (after 35days of low flow conditions) using both single-station and two-stations methods over a 24h period up and downstream of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents on three Atlantic river reaches located in northern Spain (Europe). Concurrently with river metabolism, we characterized environmental characteristics (flow, velocity, depth, pH, water temperature, nutrients, etc.), benthic macroinvertebrate communities and biofilm (algae and epilithic biomass). Ecosystem Respiration (ER

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Keywords: Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biofilm; Ecosystem respiration; Functional indicators; Primary productivity; Trophic state

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