Publication details
The benthic community in running water changed by thermal regime
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Symposium Říční dno VII, Sborník abstraktů a příspěvkú |
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| Field | Ecology |
| Keywords | herbivore; algae; cyanobacteria; benthos; functional feeding group; periphyton; thermal pollution |
| Description | The thermal regime of rivers plays an important role in the overall health of aquatic ecosystems. The unique situation was discovered in river Nedvedička in Czech Republic where heated decontamination mining tributary flows into the river and we have the unique possibility to observe thermal pollution on a small spatial scale. The main objectives of this study are to analyse the river at four representative localities with emphasis on thermal variability; also to observe the effects on herbivore species and to relate variation in the phytobenthic assemblages to temperature; and find change in functional feeding groups. |
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