The Llobregat The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River

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

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Andrey G. Kostianoy

Volume 21

Advisory Board: Jacob de Boer, Philippe Garrigues, Ji-Dong Gu, Kevin C. Jones, Thomas P. Knepper, Alice Newton, Donald L. Sparks

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The Llobregat The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River

Volume Editors: Sergi Sabater  Antoni Ginebreda  Damia` Barcelo´

With contributions by V. Acun˜a  R. Aguilera  M. Agullo´-Barcelo´  J.-L. Armenter  C. Barata,  D. Barcelo´  J. Blanco  B. Catllar  E. Custodio  M.S. Dı´az-Cruz  E. Eljarrat  M. Farre´  D. Ferna`ndez-Garcia  E. Garc´ıa-Berthou  M.J. Garcı´a-Gala´n  A. Ginebreda  D. Guille´n  J. Honey-Rose´s  J. Jofre  M. Llorca  M. Lo´pez de Alda  R. Lo´pez-Serna  F. Lucena  A. Manzano  L. Matia  R. Marce´  J. Martı´n-Alonso  N. Mastroianni  L. Moragas  A. Munne´  I. Mun˜oz  F. Ortun˜o  V. Osorio  J.J. Pastor  M. Petrovic  F. Pe´rez  S. Pe´rez  Y. Pico´  C. Postigo  N. Prat  E. Queralt  M. Rieradevall  M.-E. Rubiano  S. Sabater  X. Sanchez-Vila  C. Sola`  M. Terrado  L. Tirapu

Editors Prof. Dr. Sergi Sabater Institute of Aquatic Ecology Universi