ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2019
Water quality assessment of a neotropical pampean lowland stream using a phytoplankton functional trait approach.
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- Phytoplankton Community Structure and Aquatic Ecological Health in the Tongyang River Basin (China) and Their Response to Nutrients Reduction Project.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026Article
- Responses of stream zooplankton diversity metrics to eutrophication and temporal environmental variability in agricultural catchments.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2020Article
- Driving factors of phytoplankton functional groups in the shallow eutrophic lakes of lowland areas of Huaihe River (China).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to test whether the water quality phytoplankton assemblage index adapted for rivers (Qr index) is useful to characterize the water quality of a neotropical stream. We were interested also in inferring the main pollutants through a phytoplankton functional trait characterization and assessing the phytoplankton groups which may influence the Qr index final estimations. Monthly sampling of environmental variables and phytoplankton were done in three sites (S1, S2, and S3). Phytoplankton was classified according to Reynolds Functional Groups (RFG) and water quality estimation was performed using the Qr index. Principal coordinates (PCO) and PERMANOVA were applied to identify the main pollutants through the RFG. RFG linkage to Qr values was assessed by general linear models (GLM). "Moderate" water quality was found in S1 the whole year, in all sampling stations during the winter, and in summer-autumn in S2. "Regular" water quality was found in S3 during the summer-autumn, and S2-S3 during the spring. S1 and S2 showed eutrophic, standing, or mix waters whereas S3 had high organic matter content and eutrophic conditions. Despite some RFG (X
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