Suitability of Water Quality Indices for Application in Lakes in the Mediterranean

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1621-1633

  Alexakis, Dimitris ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassiliοs A ^a   Tsakiris, George ^a   Gikas, Georgios D ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CCME WQI; Chemical status; NSF WQI; Surface water bodies; Water Quality Indices; WFD ECOFRAME approach

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

CCME-WQI; CHEMICAL STATUS; NSF-WQI; SURFACE WATER BODY; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WFD-ECOFRAME APPROACH;

SURFACE WATERS;

EUROPEAN UNION; INDEX METHOD; LAKE WATER; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ALIAKMON RIVER; GREECE; KOZANI; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLYFYTOS LAKE; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 84961285498     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1240-y     Document Type: Article

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