Hydro-geochemical aspects of Mediterranean temporary ponds in Western Crete

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-173

  Stamati, Fotini ^a   Nikolaidis, Nikolaos ^a   Dimitriou, Elias ^b   Koussouris, Theodore ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVAPORATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREECE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIODICITY; POND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREECE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POROSITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SNOW; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 38349158724     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0092     Document Type: Article

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