Environmental factors affecting benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in small and mid-sized calcareous lowland streams in Greece

Proceedings of the Conference on River Basin Management - Progress Towards Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 281-290

  Gritzalis, K C ^a   Karaouzas, I D ^a   Skoulikidis, N T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEMBER COUNTRIES; MICROHABITATS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; URBAN IMPACTS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERBODIES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS;

EID: 33751006369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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