Riparian area studies in greece: A literature review

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 6 A, 2011, Pages 1470-1477

  Zaimes, George N ^a   Gounaridis, Dimitrios ^a   Iakovoglou, Valasia ^a   Emmanouloudis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Literature review; Riparian areas; Scientific publications; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL STREAM; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PUBLISHING; RIPARIAN ZONE; TORRENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 79959607850     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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