Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in relation to physico-chemical parameters as a tool for assessing river water pollution in a lowland stream, North Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 6, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 560-567

  Giannakou, U ^a   Kamarianos, A ^a   Kousouris, Th ^b   Kilikidis, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biotic indices; North Greece; Stream water quality

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAM WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

GREECE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030830188     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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