The rotifer fauna of the river Loire (France) at the level of the nuclear power plants
Lair, N. (1980). The rotifer fauna of the river Loire (France) at the level of the nuclear power plants. Hydrobiologia 73(1-3): 153-160
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
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In the heated affluents of nuclear power plants of the river Loire, rotifers are abundant. Cosmopolitan species are numericallydominant, 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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