River riparian zone assessment using a rapid site-based index in Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Chatzinikolaou, Yorgos ^a   Ntemiri, Konstantina ^a   Zogaris, Stamatis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Greece; QBR; Riparian zone; River

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRELATION; ECOREGION; EUROPEAN UNION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER;

GREECE;

EID: 79953797724     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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