A preliminary pressure-impact analysis applied in the Pinios river basin (Thessaly, Central Greece)

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-209

  Ioannou, Alexis ^a   Chatzinikolaou, Yorgos ^a,b   Lazaridou, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hydromorphology; IMPRESS analysis; Pollution; Risk assessment; River basin management; River habitat survey; River pinios; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHOLOGY; IMPRESS ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; RIVER HABITAT SURVEY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; POLLUTION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SURVEYS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PINIOS BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

EID: 69749106630     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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