The rotifer fauna of the River Loire (France), at the level of the nuclear power plants |
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Authors: | N. Lair |
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Affiliation: | (1) Université de Clermont II, 63170 Aubière, France |
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Abstract: | In the heated affluents of nuclear power plants of the river Loire, rotifers are abundant. Cosmopolitan species are numerically dominant, but a tropical fauna is also present, among which the genus Brachionus, representing 20% of the total species, is best represented. From a comparison between water upstream and downstream of the power plants, it further appears that in downstream warmed-up waters, some species show an important development, but not in colder upstream waters. |
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Keywords: | Rotifers thermal pollution running water |
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