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  • Exploring diatom diversity through cultures - a case study from the Bow River, Canada

    Oliver Skibbe, Nelida Abarca, Francine Forrest, Petra Werner
    06-12-2022
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2095
    5386
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  • A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa

    Zacarias Fresno Lopez, Tommaso Cancellario, Diego Fontaneto, Lyudmila Kamburska, Karimullah Karimullah, Robert L. Wallace, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Radoslav Smolak
    06-03-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2116
    5806
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  • Copepods act as omnivores in a (sub)tropical reservoir: Implication for the top-down effect on phytoplankton

    Qiuqi Lin, Liang Peng, Yang Yang, Bo-Ping Han
    18-04-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1748
    2587
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  • Deposition, burial and sequestration of carbon in an oligotrophic, tropical lake

    Javier Alcocer, Ana C. Ruiz-Fernández, Elva Escobar, Libia H. Pérez-Bernal, Luis A. Oseguera, Vilma Ardiles-Gloria
    25-02-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.783
    3954
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  • Richness of littoral macroinvertebrate communities in mountain ponds from NW Spain: what factors does it depend on?

    Carlos Martinez-Sanz, Camino Fernandez-Alaez, Francisco Garcia-Criado
    e16
    19-01-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e16
    3359
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  • Nutrients retention in a small subtropical wetland (México)

    Martha B. Rendón-López, M. Luisa Suarez Alonso, Gloria L. Ayala-Ramirez, Yazmin Hernández-Linares, Alberto Gómez-Tagle Chavez, Julio C. Medina-Avila, M. Rosario Vidal-Abarca
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1363
    2477
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  • Are bioassessments based on the reference condition approach affected by rapid approaches to sample collection and processing?

    Amanda Valois, Keith Somers, Chantal Sarrazin-Delay, Wendel (Bill) Keller
    24-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1388
    3104
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  • A comparison of the distribution and sources of organic matter in surface sediments collected from northwestern and southwestern plateau lakes in China

    Jidun Fang, Fengchang Wu, Yongqiang Xiong, Shuping Wang
    07-07-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1607
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  • Hydrogeochemical processes controlling water and dissolved gas chemistry at the Accesa sinkhole (southern Tuscany, central Italy)

    Franco Tassi, Gabriele Bicocchi, Jacopo Cabassi, Francesco Capecchiacci, Orlando Vaselli, Enrico Capezzuoli, Andrea Brogi
    26-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.961
    5263
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  • First time in Italy. Is the elusive aquatic megadrile Sparganophilus Benham, 1892 (Annelida, Clitellata) accelerating its dispersal in Europe?

    Emilia Rota, Marco Bartoli, Alex Laini
    15-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.939
    3878
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  • Sources of organic matter affect depth-related microbial community composition in sediments of Lake Erhai, Southwest China

    Wei Xiong, Ping Xie, Shengrui Wang, Yuan Niu, Xi Yang, Wenjie Chen
    24-11-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1106
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  • The role of the hydrological cycle on the temporal patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages in an Andean foothill stream in Colombia

    María I. Ríos-Pulgarín, Mario Barletta, María C. Arango-Jaramillo, Néstor J. Mancera-Rodríguez
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1394
    2716
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  • Spatial uniformity in depth optima of midges: evidence from sedimentary archives of shallow Alpine and boreal lakes

    Tomi P. Luoto
    e24
    19-01-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e24
    2833
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  • Mechanisms controlling the carbon stable isotope composition of phytoplankton in karst reservoirs

    Baoli Wang, Cong-Qiang Liu, Xi Peng, Fushun Wang
    e11
    06-02-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e11
    4304
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  • Recent findings regarding non-native or poorly known diatom taxa in north-western Italian rivers

    Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona
    e4
    05-02-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e4
    3469
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  • Infestation of zooplankton with Triaenophorus and Proteocephalus procercoids (Cestoda) in a deep oligotrophic lake

    Peter Anegg, Roland Psenner, Barbara Tartarotti
    23-07-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1021
    2944
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  • Genetic diversity of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)) as a reflection of successful invasion into the water bodies in Baltic Sea region

    Aleksandra Morozova, Jelena Oreha, Natalja Škute
    21-04-2026
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2026.2253
    341
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  • Candona alchichica (Podocopida: Candonidae), a new ostracod species from saline, tropical Lake Alchichica, Mexico

    Sergio Cohuo, Maria del Carmen Hernández, Liseth Pérez, Javier Alcocer
    06-09-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1480
    3963
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  • An additional challenge of Lake Kivu in Central Africa - upward movement of the chemoclines

    Finn Hirslund
    e4
    19-01-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e4
    3686
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  • Effect of water chemistry on zooplanktonic and microbial communities across freshwater ecotones in different macrophyte-dominated shallow lakes

    Tomasz Mieczan, Małgorzata Adamczuk, Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk, Dorota Nawrot
    30-12-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1338
    4167
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  • Zooplankton predators and prey: body size and stable isotope to investigate the pelagic food web in a deep lake (Lake Iseo, Northern Italy)

    Barbara Leoni
    23-09-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1490
    5467
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  • Mountain lakes of Mont Avic Natural Park: ecological features and conservation issues Mountain lakes of a natural park

    Rocco Tiberti, Francesco Buscaglia, Marco Armodi, Cristiana Callieri, Fabio Ribelli, Michela Rogora, Gabriele Tartari, Massimo Bocca
    08-11-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1923
    2697
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  • Aquatic Coleoptera assemblages in protected wetlands of North-western Spain

    Amaia Pérez-Bilbao, Cesar João Benetti, Josefina Garrido
    12-02-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.737
    4598
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  • Population genetic structure and demographic history of the freshwater crab Potamon elbursi (Brachyura: Potamidae) from the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran

    Alireza Keikhosravi, Sara Fratini, Christoph D. Schubart
    01-04-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.775
    3208
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  • Water quality and avian inputs as sources of isotopic variability in aquatic macrophytes and macroinvertebrates

    Esther Sebastian-Gonzalez, Joan Navarro, José Antonio Sanchez-Zapata, Francisco Botella, Antonio Delgado
    e20
    19-01-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/mnol.2012.e20
    2810
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  • Cascading effect of exotic fish fry on plankton community in a tropical Andean high mountain lake: a mesocosm experiment

    Yimy Herrera-Martínez, Juan César Paggi, Camilo Bernardo García
    26-01-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1488
    4661
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  • Structural and functional responses of the oligochaete and aeolosomatid assemblage in lowland streams: a one-way-pollution-modelled ecosystem

    Maria V. López van Oosterom, Carolina Ocon, Laura C. Armendariz, Alberto Rodrigues Capitulo
    30-03-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1142
    3494
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  • Italian Volcanic lakes: a diversity hotspot and refuge for European charophytes

    Mattia M. Azzella
    12-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.950
    2938
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  • Checklist and distribution of the groundwater crustacean fauna from Sicily, Italy

    Vanessa Pendino, Luca Vecchioni, Fabio Stoch, Federico Marrone
    03-09-2024
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2024.2199
    3091
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  • Changes in life-history parameters of Daphnia longispina (Cladocera, Crustacea) as a function of water chemistry

    Fátima T. Jesus, Celso Martins, António J.A. Nogueira
    30-04-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.886
    3867
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  • Phytoplankton-zooplankton coupling in a cascade of hypertrophic fishponds

    Marija Radojičić, Michal Šorf, Barbora Müllerová, Radovan Kopp
    21-09-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2145
    2850
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  • Environmental and community constraints on Elodea nuttallii: implications for early season control in an urban stretch of the Po River (NW Italy)

    Marta Zoppi, Gianluca Vacca, Guido Badino, Sabrina Basile, Rossano Bolpagni, Alice Dalla Vecchia, Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona
    15-04-2026
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2026.2256
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  • Limnology for the ornithologist: effects of Lake Maggiore water level on migratory flows

    Silvia Giuntini, Clara Tattoni, Alessandra Gagliardi, Alessio Martinoli, Nicola Patocchi, Roberto Lardelli, Adriano Martinoli, Damiano G. Preatoni
    08-09-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2123
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  • Di Dieter Ebert, Basel, Switzerland - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47025870

    Metabarcoding to monitor the crustacean zooplankton of a lake improves when using a reference DNA library from local samples

    Giuseppe Garlasché, Giulia Borgomaneiro, Roberta Piscia, Marina Manca, Ester M. Eckert, Diego Fontaneto
    08-02-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2087
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  • Odonata assemblages in anthropogenically impacted lotic habitats

    Marina Vilenica, Mladen Kerovec, Ivana Pozojević, Zlatko Mihaljević
    03-11-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1968
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  • Co-occurrence between macrophytes and macroinvertebrates: towards a new approach for the running waters quality evaluation?

    Lorenzo Traversetti, Simona Ceschin, Alessandro Manfrin, Massimiliano Scalici
    22-08-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.974
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  • Should I stay or should I go? The diurnal behaviour of plant-attached zooplankton in lakes with different water transparency

    Satu Estlander, Jukka Horppila, Mikko Olin, Leena Nurminen
    18-01-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1564
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  • Catchment liming creates recolonization opportunity for sensitive invertebrates in a smelter impacted landscape

    John M. Gunn, Brian W. Kielstra, Erik Szkokan-Emilson
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1201
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  • Aquatic food web research in mesocosms: a literature survey Aquatic food web research in mesocosms

    Csenge Póda, Ferenc Jordán
    29-04-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1949
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  • Trait-based evaluation of plant assemblages in traditional farm ponds in Korea: Ecological and management implications Plant trait-based evaluation of farm ponds

    Sungsoo Yoon, GoWoon Kim, Ho Choi, Chaeho Byun, Dowon Lee
    03-01-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1861
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  • The trophic role and impact of plankton ciliates in the microbial web structure of a tropical polymictic lake dominated by filamentous cyanobacteria

    Alfonso Esquivel, Aude Barani, Miroslav Macek, Ruth Ruth Soto-Castor, Celia Bulit
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1392
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  • Repeated flood disturbance enhances rotifer dominance and diversity in a zooplankton community of a small dammed mountain pond

    Carmen Gabaldón, Miloslav Devetter, Josef Hejzlar, Karel Šimek, Petr Znachor, Jiří Nedoma, Jaromir Seda
    29-12-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1544
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  • Spatial distribution of crustacean zooplankton in a large river-connected lake related to trophic status and fish

    Wenzhi Wei, Riming Chen, Liufu Wang, Lixia Fu
    23-05-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1622
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  • Spatial and temporal distribution of coloured dissolved organic matter in a hypertrophic freshwater lagoon

    Diana Vaičiūtė, Mariano Bresciani, Marco Bartoli, Claudia Giardino, Martynas Bučas
    27-05-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1176
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    Johnathon D. Ridden, Terry R. Hitchings, Tim R. Hitchings
    16-02-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2097
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  • Differences in cell wall of thin and thick filaments of cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon gracile SAG 31.79 and their implications for different resistance to Daphnia grazing

    Lukasz Wejnerowski, Slawek Cerbin, Maria K. Wojciechowicz, Marcin K. Dziuba
    12-05-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1383
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  • Hatching phenology and voltinism of Heterocypris barbara (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Lampedusa (Sicily, Italy)

    Valeria Rossi, Alessio Martorella, Paolo Menozzi
    e18
    17-04-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e18
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  • Temporal habitat suitability modeling of Caspian shad (Alosa spp.) in the southern Caspian Sea

    Ali Haghi Vayghan, Hasan Fazli, Rasul Ghorbani, Ming-An Lee, Hasan Nasrollahzadeh Saravi
    30-11-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1215
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  • Combined effect of temperature and salinity on hatching characteristics of three fairy shrimp species (Crustacea: Anostraca)

    Behroz Atashbar, Naser Agh, Gilbert Stappen, Johan Mertens, Lynda Beladjal
    26-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.954
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  • Environmental heterogeneity at different scales: key factors affecting caddisfly larvae assemblages in standing waters within a lowland river catchment

    Edyta Buczyńska, Stanisław Czachorowski, Paweł Buczyński, Joanna Pakulnicka, Edyta Stępień, Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Robert Stryjecki, Andrzej Zawal
    08-11-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1535
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  • Changes in physico-chemical conditions and macrophyte abundance in a shallow soft-water lake mediated by a Great Cormorant roosting colony

    Piotr Klimaszyk, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Piotr Rzymski
    05-08-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.994
    3513
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  • Distribution and biometry of native and alien crayfish in Trentino (Italian Alps)

    Sonia Endrizzi, Maria Cristina Bruno, Bruno Maiolini
    e28
    23-05-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e28
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  • Temperature sensitivity of gamogenesis in littoral cladocerans and its ecological implications

    Liisa NEVALAINEN, Tomi P. LUOTO
    120-125
    01-02-2010
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2010.120
    2377
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  • Zooplankton abundance, species composition and ecology of tropical high-mountain crater lake Wonchi, Ethiopia

    Fasil Degefu, Michael Schagerl
    11-11-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.986
    6750
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  • Do environmental variables predict the trophic structure of fish fauna in a subtropical river (Uruguay River Ecoregion)?

    Mayara P. Neves, Dirceu Baumgartner, Gilmar Baumgartner, Rosilene L. Delariva
    28-03-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1738
    2437
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  • Factors driving semi-aquatic predator occurrence in traditional cattle drinking pools: conservation issues

    Raoul Manenti, Nicola Zanetti, Roberta Pennati, Giorgio Scarì
    09-08-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1447
    3940
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  • Study of influencing factors to chromophoric dissolved organic matter absorption properties from fluorescence features in Taihu lake in autumn

    Chuang-Chun Huang, Yun-Mei Li, Hao Yang, De-Yong Sun, Liang-Jiang Xu, Xia Chen
    e26
    26-04-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e26
    3311
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  • The habitat type and trophic state determine benthic macroinvertebrate communities in lowland shallow lakes of China

    Zhixin Hu, Xu Sun, Yongjiu Cai, Liyun Guo, Qiankun Chen, Tao Liu, Fei Shi, Liuyan Yang
    04-02-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1220
    4164
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  • Past, present and future of the fish community of Lake Orta (Italy), one of the world’s largest acidified lakes

    Pietro Volta, Norman D. Yan, John M. Gunn
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1319
    6308
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  • A place in space - the horizontal vs vertical factors that influence zooplankton (Rotifera, Crustacea) communities in a mesotrophic lake Place in space

    Maciej Karpowicz, Jolanta Ejsmont-Karabin, Adam Więcko, Andrzej Górniak, Adam Cudowski
    19-06-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1886
    2375
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  • First observations of anthropogenic underwater noise in a large multi-use lake

    Marta Bolgan, Emilia Chorazyczewska, Ian J. Winfield, Antonio Codarin, Joanne O'Brien, Martin Gammell
    14-06-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1405
    3630
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  • Environmental concerns about the effects of effluents from wastewater treatment plants in tourist areas of the Alps: toxicity in aquatic microorganisms

    Valeria Di Nica, Sara Villa, Valeria Lencioni
    03-09-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2044
    2013
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  • Impact of potash mining in streams: the Llobregat basin (northeast Spain) as a case study

    Ruben Ladrera, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, Narcís Prat
    29-12-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1525
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