Nutrient Dynamics in Shallow Lakes of Northern Greece

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Petaloti, Christina ^a   Voutsa, Dimitra ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a   Sofoniou, Mihalis ^a   Stratis, Ioannis ^a   Kouimtzis, Themistocles ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Lakes; N P ratios; Nitrogen; Nutrients; PCA; Phosphorus; Physicochemical parameters; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHALLOW WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0442328761     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2003.06.156     Document Type: Review

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