Proposal of reference criteria for the selection of reference sites in Mediterranean rivers according to the Water Framework Directive;Propuesta de criterios para la selección de estaciones de referencia en ríos mediterráneos en el contexto de la Directiva Marco del Agua

Tecnologia del Agua

Volumn 25, Issue 266, 2005, Pages 42-52

  Sanchez Montoya M M ^a   Suarez M L ^a   Vidal Abarca, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Criteria; Directive; Ecological state; References sites; Superficial water; Water Framework

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN WATER; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33645506148     PISSN: 02118173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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