Impact of human activities and infrastructure works on hydro morphological characteristics of Alfeios river, Greece

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-145

  Manariotis, I D ^a   Yannopoulos, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gravel extraction; River basin management; Riverbed changes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899980143     PISSN: 17907632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.001006     Document Type: Article

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