Evaluation score and interpretation index for the ecological quality of running waters in central and northern Hellas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-40

  Artemiadou, Vassilia ^a   Lazaridou, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biotic index; Macroinvertebrates; Monitoring; Running water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SAMPLING; WATER ANALYSIS;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; EVALUATION SYSTEM; RUNNING WATERS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE SAMPLING METHOD; TAXONOMIC LEVEL;

WATER QUALITY;

FRESH WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 29644436529     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-6289-7     Document Type: Article

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