Assessment of pressures and impacts on surface water bodies of the Mediterranean. Case study: Pamvotis Lake, Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 687-698

  Alexakis, D ^a   Kagalou, I ^b   Tsakiris, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemical status; DPSIR approach; ECOFRAME; Ecological status; Pamvotis Lake

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; CHEMICAL STATUS; DPSIR APPROACH; ECOFRAME; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; STOCKING DENSITY; SURFACE WATER; TOLERANCE; WATER QUALITY;

EPIRUS; GREECE; IOANNINA; LAKE PAMVOTIS;

EID: 84883461409     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2152-7     Document Type: Article

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