The Llobregat The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sabater, Sergi (Editor), Ginebreda, Antoni (Editor), Barceló, Damià (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 21
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Geochemistry.; Aquatic ecology.; Environmental chemistry.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Environmental Chemistry.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

The Llobregat belongs to the most thoroughly studied rivers in Europe and is a paradigm of the confluence of human and natural disturbances in a single basin. Because of its location in a very densely populated region and its Mediterranean character, the Llobregat supports a mixture of irregular flo...