Ecological quality of small mountainous Mediterranean streams (river type R-M4) and performance of the European intercalibration metrics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-88

  Artemiadou, Vassilia ^a   Statiri, Xanthi ^a   Brouziotis, Theophilos ^b   Lazaridou, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Development Agency of Karditsa   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intercalibration; Reference conditions; River type; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

MACROINVERTEBRATE FAUNA; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINOUS RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 41849088816     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9306-3     Document Type: Article

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