Water quantity and quality assessment of lower Nestos river, Greece

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1050-1067

  Boskidis, Ioannis ^a   Gikas, Georgios D ^a   Sylaios, Georgios ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ANOVA; chlorophyll a; heavy metals; monitoring; Nestos river; nutrients; t test

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; CHLORIDE ANIONS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-SITU; NESTOS RIVER; NITRATE NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY DATA; RIVER BASINS; RIVER COURSE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; T-TEST; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER QUANTITIES; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ALKALINITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAVY METALS; MONITORING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; RIVER WATER; SODIUM ION; SULFURIC ACID;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; RIVER; TELEMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960742917     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.590381     Document Type: Article

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