Water quality indices across Europe - A comparison of the good ecological status of five river basins

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 970-978

  Carsten Von Der Ohe, Peter ^a   Prüß, Andrea ^a,b   Schäfer, Ralf Bernhard ^a,c   Liess, Matthias ^a   De Deckere, Eric ^d   Brack, Werner ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PESTICIDE; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SCORING SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 34548344011     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b704699p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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