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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

Bringing Science into River Management Plans

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Helena Guasch

    1. , Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

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  2. Antoni Ginebreda

    1. , Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Anita Geiszinger

    1. , Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica, Universidad de Girona, Girona, Spain

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  • Links scientific research and management practices
  • Richly illustrated
  • An invaluable source of information for researchers and advanced students in the fields of environmental sciences, risk assessment and controlling, toxicology and ecology, decision-makers in government, industrial and regulatory bodies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 19)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Occurrence and Elimination of Pharmaceuticals During Conventional Wastewater Treatment

    • Aleksandra Jelić, Meritxell Gros, Mira Petrović, Antoni Ginebreda, Damià Barceló
    Pages 1-23

  3. Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in Freshwater Environments

    • Jarkko Akkanen, Tineke Slootweg, Kimmo Mäenpää, Matti T. Leppänen, Stanley Agbo, Christine Gallampois et al.
    Pages 25-53

  4. The Use of Attached Microbial Communities to Assess Ecological Risks of Pollutants in River Ecosystems: The Role of Heterotrophs

    • Lorenzo Proia, Fernanda Cassió, Claudia Pascoal, Ahmed Tlili, Anna M. Romaní
    Pages 55-83

  5. The Use of Photosynthetic Fluorescence Parameters from Autotrophic Biofilms for Monitoring the Effect of Chemicals in River Ecosystems

    • Natàlia Corcoll, Marta Ricart, Stephanie Franz, Frédéric Sans-Piché, Mechthild Schmitt-Jansen, Helena Guasch
    Pages 85-115

  6. Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

    • Soizic Morin, Arielle Cordonier, Isabelle Lavoie, Adeline Arini, Saul Blanco, Thi Thuy Duong et al.
    Pages 117-146

  7. Advances in the Multibiomarker Approach for Risk Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems

    • Chloé Bonnineau, Anja Moeller, Carlos Barata, Berta Bonet, Lorenzo Proia, Frédéric Sans-Piché et al.
    Pages 147-179

  8. How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

    • Helena Guasch, Berta Bonet, Chloé Bonnineau, Natàlia Corcoll, Júlio C. López-Doval, Isabel Muñoz et al.
    Pages 181-218

  9. Evaluating Ecological Integrity in Multistressed Rivers: From the Currently Used Biotic Indices to Newly Developed Approaches Using Biofilms and Invertebrates

    • Isabel Muñoz, Sergi Sabater, Carlos Barata
    Pages 219-241

  10. Comparing Chemical and Ecological Status in Catalan Rivers: Analysis of River Quality Status Following the Water Framework Directive

    • Antoni Munné, Lluís Tirapu, Carolina Solà, Lourdes Olivella, Manel Vilanova, Antoni Ginebreda et al.
    Pages 243-265

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 267-270
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The enduring changes in the aquatic environment and the increasing influx of contaminants call for novel conceptual and methodological approaches to relating chemical pollution and ecological alterations in ecosystems. This volume highlights the latest advances concerning the sampling, analyses, occurrence, bioavailability, and effects of emerging and priority pollutants in European rivers, the current status of the River Management Plans in Europe, and the applicability of the newly developed techniques for water monitoring purposes. The topics are discussed in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive, evaluating their shortcomings and providing a basis for doing away with them. Linking scientific research and river management practices, this book is an invaluable source of information for environmental chemists, aquatic scientists, ecologists and water managers.

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“‘Emerging and priority pollutants in rivers’ provide an overview of methods used for assessing water quality status. The book is clearly written and comprehensive, with a good balance between conceptual definitions and field applications. Both environmental chemists and environmental toxicologists would benefit from this valuable source of methodological information.” (Philippe Garrigues, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 19, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

    Helena Guasch

  • , Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

    Antoni Ginebreda

  • , Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica, Universidad de Girona, Girona, Spain

    Anita Geiszinger

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