Assessing the ecological integrity of a major transboundary mediterranean river based on environmental habitat variables and benthic macroinvertebrates (Aoos-Vjose River, Greece-Albania)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Chatzinikolaou, Yorgos ^a   Dakos, Vasilis ^a   Lazaridou, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Multivariate analysis; Reference conditions; River habitat survey

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER; SEASONALITY; SURVEY; WATER QUALITY;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VJOSE RIVER;

EID: 54549092548     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610937     Document Type: Article

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