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- A comprehensive review
- Written by experts
- Richly illustrated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 21)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Llobregat belongs to the most thoroughly studied rivers in Europe and is a paradigm of the confluence of human and natural disturbances in a single basin. Because of its location in a very densely populated region and its Mediterranean character, the Llobregat supports a mixture of irregular flow, water abstraction, excess nutrients, mining debris, and a wide array of pollutants. The aquatic organisms strive to survive in a dramatically changing river that passes through a succession of dams, weirs and channels. The long-term river monitoring as well as the research that has been carried out in the river for a long time have provided an extensive knowledge of these disturbances and their effects on the biological communities. This book highlights the available information, with emphasis on the hydrological, chemical and biological elements interspersed in the river. Experts in the field discuss the main nutrient patterns and pollutant occurrence and the responses of the biological quality elements as well as the river ecosystem to the overall natural and man-made influences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Llobregat
Book Subtitle: The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River
Editors: Sergi Sabater, Antoni Ginebreda, Damià Barceló
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30939-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30938-0Published: 07 June 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43655-0Published: 18 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30939-7Published: 02 June 2012
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 374
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Geochemistry