Natàlia Corcoll

TL;DR: Pulsed copper exposure did not affect the community structure but influenced the accumulation kinetics and continuous copper exposure caused a huge increase in metal content and modified the structure of the community (increasing the percentage of cyanobacteria and diatom diversity).

TL;DR: In this paper, the response of diatoms to metal pollution from individual level (e.g. size, growth form, and morphological abnormalities) to community structure (replacement of sensitive species by tolerant ones) is reviewed.

TL;DR: The effects of a long-term exposure of biofilm communities to a mixture of pharmaceutical compounds at environmental concentrations on biofilm bioaccumulation capacity, the structure and metabolic processes of algae and bacteria communities, and how their potential effects were enhanced or not by the occurrence of flow intermittency are evaluated.

TL;DR: Tolerance acquired by stream biofilms to two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory-drugs, ibuprofen and diclofenac was assessed and it was observed that the chronic pollution by the WWTP effluent affected the microbial metabolic profile, as well as the structure of the algal community.

TL;DR: Based on the results, it is recommended to include Zn in the list of priority pollutant substances of the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), due to its occurrence and toxicity.