Assessing riparian land-uses/vegetation cover along the Nestos River in Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3217-3225

  Zaimes, George N ^a   Gounaridis, Dimitrios ^b   Fotakis, Dimitrios ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c Kavala Institute of Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost effective management plans; Protected areas; Riparian areas; Stream order; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN MANAGEMENT; BUFFER ZONE; CANAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GIS; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RAMSAR CONVENTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM BED; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

GREECE; MESTA RIVER;

EID: 84856250442     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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