Impacts of climate change, land-use change and phosphorus reduction on phytoplankton in the River Thames (UK)

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 572; pp. 1507 - 1519
• Main Authors: Bussi, Gianbattista, Whitehead, Paul G., Bowes, Michael J., Read, Daniel S., Prudhomme, Christel, Dadson, Simon J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Agriculture; Climate Change; Cyanobacteria; England; Land use change; Models, Theoretical; Phosphorus - analysis; Phytoplankton - physiology; Phytoplankton modelling; River Thames; River water quality; Rivers - chemistry; Scenario-neutral approach; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; British Isles, England; British Isles, England, Thames R; River water quality; Phytoplankton modelling; Climate change; Scenario-neutral approach; River Thames; Land use change

Potential increases of phytoplankton concentrations in river systems due to global warming and changing climate could pose a serious threat to the anthropogenic use of surface waters. Nevertheless, the extent of the effect of climatic alterations on phytoplankton concentrations in river systems has...