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SUBMITTER: Castilla EP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4607726 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castilla Eva Pintado EP Cunha Davi Gasparini Fernandes DG Lee Fred Wang Fat FW Loiselle Steven S Ho Kin Chung KC Hall Charlotte C
Environmental monitoring and assessment 20151015 11
Freshwater ecosystems are severely threatened by urban development and agricultural intensification. Increased occurrence of algal blooms is a main issue, and the identification of local dynamics and drivers is hampered by a lack of field data. In this study, data from 13 cities (250 water bodies) were used to examine the capacity of trained community members to assess elevated phytoplankton densities in urban and peri-urban freshwater ecosystems. Coincident nutrient concentrations and land use ...[more]