Intra-basin spatial approach on pollution load estimation in a large Mediterranean river

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-129

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

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biochemical oxygen demand; Nutrient pollution load; Nutrient retention; Organic pollution load; Pinios River

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT POLLUTION; NUTRIENT RETENTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION LOAD; PINIOS RIVER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RETENTION; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

GREECE; PINIOS RIVER; THESSALY;

EID: 72149109523     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.12.062     Document Type: Article

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