Responses of aquatic macrophyte assemblages to nutrient enrichment in a lowland river basin of western Greece

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1064-1077

  Manolaki, P ^a   Papastergiadou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; standing water bodies; Trophic Ranking Score; trophic status; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869427702     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.668571     Document Type: Article

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