Artículo
Habitat characteristics, hydrology and anthropogenic pollution as important factors for distribution of biota in the middle Paraná River, Argentina
Blettler, Martin Cesar Maria
; Oberholster, Paul Johan; Madlala, Tebogo; Eberle Folmer, Eliana Gisel
; Amsler, Mario Luis
; De Klerk, Arno R.; Truter, Johannes C.; Marchese Garello, Mercedes Rosa
; Latosinski, Francisco Guillermo
; Szupiany, Ricardo Nicolas
Fecha de publicación:
04/2019
Editorial:
Elsevier
Revista:
Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology
ISSN:
1642-3593
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
The regulation of anthropogenic pollution inputs into large rivers is an important aspect of ecological resilience of aquatic systems and river pollution management. The current study examined the relationship between contamination loads, hydrological and morphological patterns and the distribution of macroinvertebrates and epipelic diatoms in the middle Paraná River system to form part of the development of a pollution monitoring framework. Seven sampling sites were selected over three main river areas predominantly impacted by sewage effluent and agriculture activities. The sampling areas were the Paraná, Colastiné and Las Conchas rivers. In order to prevent dilution of pollutants and macroinvertebrate drift, sampling was performed during the base flow period of 2015 to determine pollution contaminated stretches of the river system. Results indicated that metals have been accumulated in river bottom sediments as a consequence of anthropogenic land use activities. Macroinvertebrate and epipelic diatom assemblages as bioindicators of anthropogenic pollution were evident downstream of urban sewage effluent discharges causing higher concentrations of Cr, As and Ni than the permitted threshold levels for bottom sediment.
Palabras clave:
ANTHROPOGENIC
,
BIOINDICATORS
,
BIOTOPES
,
HYDROLOGY
,
LARGE RIVERS
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Articulos(INALI)
Articulos de INST.NAC.DE LIMNOLOGIA (I)
Articulos de INST.NAC.DE LIMNOLOGIA (I)
Citación
Blettler, Martin Cesar Maria; Oberholster, Paul Johan; Madlala, Tebogo; Eberle Folmer, Eliana Gisel; Amsler, Mario Luis; et al.; Habitat characteristics, hydrology and anthropogenic pollution as important factors for distribution of biota in the middle Paraná River, Argentina; Elsevier; Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology; 19; 2; 4-2019; 296-306
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