Ecological classification of a set of Mediterranean reservoirs applying the EU Water Framework Directive: A reasonable compromise between science and management

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-376

  Navarro, E ^a   Caputo, L ^b   Marce R ^b,c   Carol, J ^c   Benejam, L ^c   Garcia Berthou, E ^c   Armengol, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ecological quality ratio; eutrophication; trophic state; water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77950941082     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140903238567     Document Type: Article

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