Assessing the environmental status of Mediterranean temporary ponds in Greece

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-41

  Dimitriou, E ^a   Karaouzas, I ^a   Skoulikidis, N ^a   Zacharias, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecology; Freshwater habitats; Mediterranean Temporary Ponds; Phytocommunities

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; EPHEMERAL LAKE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645680454     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006004     Document Type: Article

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