Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece

Biological Monitoring of Rivers: Applications and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 295-325

  Gritzalis, Konstantinos C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Appropriate taxonomic level of identification; Biological monitoring in Mediterranean rivers; Biological quality elements; Ecological integrity and assessment approaches; Mayfly Average Score (MAS); Rapid assessment methods and multimetrics; Representative and cost effective sampling network; River Habitat Survey (RHS); Type specific reference conditions

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; MAYFLY AVERAGE SCORE (MAS); MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MULTI-METRICS; REFERENCE CONDITION; RIVER-HABITATS; SAMPLING NETWORK;

RIVERS;

EID: 77953872565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470863781.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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