Environmental status of the metropolitan river (Kifissos) of Athens, Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 983-993

  Panagiotopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Kapsimalis, Vasilios ^a   Hatzianestis, Ioannis ^a   Kanellopoulos, Theodore D ^a   Kyriakidou, Chara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Hydrocarbons; Saronikos Gulf; Sediment; Urban river

Indexed keywords

ATHENS , GREECE; BIOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS; BIOLOGICAL THRESHOLDS; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; SARONIKOS GULF; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; URBAN RIVER; WATER CONDITIONS;

COPPER; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; METALS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COPPER; FLUSHING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PAH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TOXICITY;

ATTICA; GREECE; KIFISSOS RIVER;

EID: 77955713152     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0417-6     Document Type: Article

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