The environmental state of freshwater resources in Greece (rivers and lakes)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Skoulikidis, N T ^a   Bertahas, I ^a   Koussouris, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical processes; Eutrophication; Flushing; Freshwater pollution; Greek lakes; Greek rivers; Hydrogeochemistry; Intra annual and interannual hydrochemical variations

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE POLLUTION; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVER POLLUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WEATHERING;

ANOXIC HYPOLIMNETIC CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT CLIMATE; FRESHWATER POLLUTION;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FRESHWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

GREECE;

EID: 0032214334     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050315     Document Type: Article

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