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Impact of Urban Pollution from the Hanoi Area on Benthic Diatom Communities Collected from the Red, Nhue and Tolich Rivers (Vietnam)

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The effects of urban pollution from Hanoi city on the benthic diatom communities of the Nhue–Tolich river system were studied during the 2003 dry season. Benthic diatoms were allowed to grow on glass slides suspended in the water flow for 4 weeks. To reveal the relationship between water quality and diatom communities, Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used on data concerning relative abundances of diatom species and environmental variables. Two diatom indices, IPS and DAIpo, were applied to evaluate water quality in the three rivers. A total of 291 diatom taxa were found in the Red, Nhue and Tolich Rivers. These were mainly cosmopolitan taxa, with some tropical, subtropical and endemic taxa. The most abundant taxa at the Red site were Aulacoseira granulata, Achnanthidium minutissimum, Encyonema minutum, Navicula recens and other halophilous taxa such as Nitzschia kurzii, Seminavis strigosa, Entomoneis paludosa, Bacillaria paradoxa. Diatom assemblages at the Tolich site consisted mainly of Nitzschia umbonata, Nitzschia palea and Eolimna minima. Diatom density ranged from 660 to 30,000 cells/cm2. Environmental variables and diatom assemblage composition at all sites were significantly correlated. Two diatom indices gave similar results and indicate the Tolich River with the lowest values as a highly polluted site.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Caugiay Hanoi, Vietnam

    Thi Thuy Duong & Dinh Kim Dang

  2. Cemagref UR Qualité des eaux F, 33610, Cestas, France

    Thi Thuy Duong & Michel Coste

  3. UMR CNRS EPOC 5805, LEESA, Université Bordeaux 1, Place du Docteur Peyneau, 33120, Arcachon, France

    Thi Thuy Duong, Agnès Feurtet-Mazel, Caroline Gold & Alain Boudou

  4. Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, 130-701, Seoul, Korea

    Young Seuk Park

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Duong, T.T., Coste, M., Feurtet-Mazel, A. et al. Impact of Urban Pollution from the Hanoi Area on Benthic Diatom Communities Collected from the Red, Nhue and Tolich Rivers (Vietnam). Hydrobiologia 563, 201–216 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-0005-z

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