Do intermittent and ephemeral mediterranean rivers belong to the same river type?

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 465-476

  Anna, Argyroudi ^a   Yorgos, Chatzinikolaou ^a,b   Konstantinos, Poirazidis ^c   Maria, Lazaridou ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c WWF Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Dadia National Park; Ephemeral rivers; Intermittent rivers

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; EPHEMERAL POOL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARK; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

DADIA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349284374     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9176-9     Document Type: Article

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