The Llobregat : The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River - Sabater, Sergi; Ginebreda, Antoni; Barceló, Damià.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012)
The Llobregat River basin: a paradigm of impaired rivers under climate change threats -- Low Llobregat aquifers: intensive development, salinization, contamination and management -- Managed artificial recharge in the Llobregat aquifers: quantitative versus qualitative aspects -- In-Stream nutrient flux and retention in relation to land use in the Llobregat River Basin -- The biological communities in the Llobregat as the outcome of multiple stressors -- Occurrence of persistent organic pollutants in the Llobregat River Basin: an overview.-Occurence and behaviour of brominated flame retardants in the Llobregat River Basin -- Inputs of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds in the Llobregat River Basin -- Occurrence and fate of sulfonamide antibiotics in surface waters: climatic effects on their presence in the mediterranean region and aquatic ecosystem vulnerability -- Perfluorinated compounds analysis, environmental fate and occurrence: The Llobregat River as case study. Illicit drugs and metabolites in the Llobregat River Basin -- Risk assessment of pollutants in the Llobregat River Basin -- Human pressure and its effects on water quality and biota in the Llobregat River -- Wastewater reuse in the Llobregat: the experience at the Prat de Llobregat treatment plant -- Ecosystem services in an impacted watershed. The relevance of hydrology, human influence and global change.
Keywords: Environmental chemistry; Water quality; Water pollution; Marine sciences; Freshwater; Aquatic ecology .; Geochemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Geochemistry