Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive: Procedures and a simple model for the identification of the most cost-effective measures in eutrophicated catchments

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-380

  Zanou, Barbara ^a   Bellas, Christodoulos ^b   Skourtos, Michalis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

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EID: 77957576101     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.120     Document Type: Article

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