Spatial and temporal variations ofaquatic macrophytes and water quality in six coastal lagoons of western Greece

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Christia, Chrysoula ^a   Papastergiadou, Eva S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Macrophytes; Multivariate analysis; Shallow mediterranean lagoons; Water quality parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547996710     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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