Assessing the ecological quality of running waters of Thrace region (NE Greece) by the use of macroinvertebrate indicators

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 9 B, 2006, Pages 1182-1188

  Gritzalis, Konstantinos C ^a   Karaouzas, Ioannis ^a   Skoulikidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological quality; Greece; Macroinvertebrates; Pollution; Streams; Thrace

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THRACE;

EID: 33750995304     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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