Application of a trophic index (TRIX) for water quality assessment at Kalamitsi coasts (Ionian Sea) after the operation of the wastewater treatment plant

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 11 B, 2008, Pages 1938-1944

  Nikolaidis, Georgios ^a   Moschandreou, Kimon ^a   Patoucheas, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ionian Sea; Kalamitsi coasts; Trophic index; Water quality; WWTP

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 57649243477     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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