The intercalibration of the Hellenic Evaluation System for Mediterranean rivers of type R-M1 and R-M2 at Northern and Central Greece

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-218

  Ntislidou, Ch ^a   Artemiadou, V ^a   Kanli, L ^a   Buffagni, A ^b   Lazaridou, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CNR IRSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; ICMI7RM; STAR ICMI; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; BENCHMARK DATABASE; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EVALUATION SYSTEM; ICMI7RM; INTERCALIBRATION; LOW ALTITUDES; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MEDIUM SIZE; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; REFERENCE CONDITION; RIVER TYPES; STAR-ICMI; THESSALONIKI; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BENCHMARKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RIVERS; STARS; WATER CONSERVATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RIVER WATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

GREECE;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 84873358055     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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