Effects of anthropogenic influences on the trophic state, land uses and aquatic vegetation in a shallow Mediterranean lake: Implications for restoration

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-435

  Papastergiadou, E ^a   Kagalou, I ^b   Stefanidis, K ^a   Retalis, A ^c   Leonardos, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

GIS; Land cover use; Long term changes; Macrophytes; Water level quality

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGERY; AERIAL PHOTOS; ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; AQUATIC VEGETATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUTROPHIC LAKES; EUTROPHICATION PARAMETERS; HISTORICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND COVER/USE; LONG TERM; LONG TERM CHANGE; LONG TERM CHANGES; MACROPHYTES; NATURA 2000; NW GREECE; POINT POLLUTION; REED BED; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUMMER DROUGHTS; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TROPHIC STATE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROPHYTE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

EPIRUS; GREECE; IOANNINA; LAKE PAMVOTIS;

EID: 77349101812     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9453-y     Document Type: Article

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