Water quality in irrigation and drainage networks of Thessaloniki plain in Greece related to land use, water management, and agroecosystem protection

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 347-359

  Litskas, Vassilis D ^a   Aschonitis, Vassilis G ^a   Antonopoulos, Vassilis Z ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Greece; Land use; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Rice; Thessaloniki plain; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; CULTIVATED CROPS; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; DRAINAGE WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GREECE; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION WATERS; OPEN CHANNELS; PLAIN WATER; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; RETURN FLOW; RICE; RICE IRRIGATION; RIVER DELTAS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE IRRIGATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THERMAIKOS GULF; THESSALONIKI; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WETLAND CONDITION;

BOSONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COTTON; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FODDER; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; MAIZE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PROTECTED AREA; RICE; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREECE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; PH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; WATER;

AEGEAN SEA; AXIOS DELTA; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; THESSALONIKI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952089652     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0839-3     Document Type: Article

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