A critical review of water resources in Greece: The key role of agricultural adaptation to climate-water effects

NN Kourgialas - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Τhe management and protection of a country's water resources is a matter of high priority,
ensuring the development and socio-economic stability of a country. Unquestionably …

A review of the effects of pollution and water scarcity on the stream biota of an intermittent Mediterranean basin

I Karaouzas, C Theodoropoulos… - River Research and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents the main results of a 10‐year research study conducted in a
Mediterranean intermittent basin (Evrotas River). By assembling the main outcomes of past …

A multi-stage fuzzy stochastic programming method for water resources management with the consideration of ecological water demand

C Li, Y Cai, J Qian - Ecological indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a multi-stage fuzzy stochastic programming (MFSP) method is introduced to
deal with uncertainties presented as fuzzy sets and probability distributions. Moreover, it is …

Ecological status monitoring and assessment in Greek rivers: do macroinvertebrate and diatom indices indicate same responses to anthropogenic pressures?

I Karaouzas, E Smeti, E Kalogianni, NT Skoulikidis - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Biotic indices based on macroinvertebrates and diatoms are regularly used for ecological
status assessment in freshwaters, showing variable responses to anthropogenic pressures …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of EU environmental policy implementation on the quality and status of Greek rivers

NT Skoulikidis, I Karaouzas, Y Amaxidis, M Lazaridou - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Based on historical and WFD-compliant data, the recent inter-annual ecological status and
the long-term chemical-physicochemical quality trends of eighteen characteristic Greek …

Stream invertebrate communities are primarily shaped by hydrological factors and ultimately fine-tuned by local habitat conditions

I Karaouzas, C Theodoropoulos, A Vourka… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The environmental factors that determine species richness and community structure in
running waters have long been studied, but how these factors hierarchically and/or …

Eco-assessment of least disturbed areas of the Antalya River basin: application of diatom indices from different ecoregions

A Çelekli, Ö Lekesiz, T Çetin - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Biomonitoring of least disturbed areas is a crucial issue to accurately assess the ecological
status of surface waters and ensure their sustainability. Diatom metrics are important tools …

Pressures and status of the riparian vegetation in Greek rivers: Overview and preliminary assessment

A Latsiou, T Kouvarda, K Stefanidis, G Papaioannou… - Hydrology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Riparian zones play an important role in the ecological stability of rivers. In particular, the
quality of the riparian vegetation is a significant component of the hydromorphological …

Bioassessment of water quality of surface waters using diatom metrics

A Celekli, H LEKESİZ… - Turkish Journal of …, 2021 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Bioassessment of surface waters is one of the most important approaches to predict the
deterioration of ecosystems and achieve environmental sustainability according to the …

Water quality and hydromorphological variability in Greek rivers: A nationwide assessment with implications for management

K Stefanidis, G Papaioannou, V Markogianni… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
European rivers are under ecological threat by a variety of stressors. Nutrient pollution, soil
erosion, and alteration in hydrology are considered the most common problems that riverine …