Ecological responses of epilithic diatoms and aquatic macrophytes to fish farm pollution in a Spanish river

• Published in: Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid
• Main Authors: Camargo, Julio A., Jiménez, Alma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2007
• Subjects: Spanish river; fish farm pollution; diatom and macrophyte responses; río español; contaminación por piscifactoría; respuestas de diatomeas y macrófitas; Parma; Groenlandia
• Online Access: https://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/177; https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i2.177

We examined the ecological responses of epilithic diatoms and aquatic macrophytes to organic pollution and nutrient enrichment caused by a trout farm effluent in the upper Tajuña River (Guadalajara, Spain). Four sampling sites were selected over the study area: one site (S-1) placed upstream from th...