title: Establishing potential links between the presence of alkylphenolic compounds and the benthic community in a European river basin.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Concentrations of alkylphenolic compounds (APCs) in water and sediments were related to the composition and functional descriptors of the benthic community (biofilm and macroinvertebrates).
  
  
  METHODS
  Samples were collected in four sampling campaigns at seven sampling points in the lower Llobregat catchment area (NE Spain). Water and sediment samples underwent chemical target analysis for nine APCs, which are known to disrupt the endocrine system.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  APCs were the main stressors on the diatom community but not on the macroinvertebrate community.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Benthic invertebrates were mostly affected by the general physicochemical water characteristics (where conductivity was a surrogate). Nonylphenol only had an influence on the diatom community in water but not in the remaining compartments, probably because of the low concentrations observed in the environment.
authors: Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Rikke
authors: R
authors: Brix
authors: Julio
authors: J
authors: López-Doval
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Ricart
authors: Helena
authors: H
authors: Guasch
authors: Miren Lopez
authors: ML
authors: de Alda
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Muñoz
authors: Claus
authors: C
authors: Orendt
authors: Anna M
authors: AM
authors: Romaní
authors: Sergi
authors: S
authors: Sabater
authors: Damià
authors: D
authors: Barceló
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