@article {7205,
	title = {Feeding ecology of the critically endangered <i>Valencia letourneuxi </i>(Valenciidae)},
	journal = {Aquatic EcologyAquatic Ecology},
	volume = {44},
	number = {1},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Cited By (since 1996): 1Export Date: 8 November 2011Source: Scopus},
	pages = {289-299},
	author = {Kalogianni, E. and Giakoumi, S. and Andriopoulou, A. and Chatzinikolaou, Y.}
}
@article {4522,
	title = {River riparian zone assessment using a rapid site-based index in Greece},
	journal = {Fresenius Environmental BulletinFresenius Environmental BulletinFresenius Environmental Bulletin},
	volume = {20},
	number = {2},
	year = {2011},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 743SWTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 41},
	pages = {296-302},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Riparian zones and their associated vegetation are important for the ecological integrity of lotic surface waters although they are often not surveyed in routine river ecological status assessments. Interest in riparian zones has increased in Europe due to the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000/60/EU) which considers the conservation of river hydromorphological features in its assessments. This study describes a first screening of the ecological status of riparian zones in the rivers of mainland Greece using the Spanish "Riparian Forest Quality Index{\textquoteright} (QBR) as a rapid riparian/ hydromorphological visual assessment tool. The cumulative results based on the assessment of 222 river riparian sites in 35 independent river basins show that 65\% of the sites register below good or high status while only 10\% are of high status, i.e. near natural condition. These results of riparian quality show a positive correlation with the independent assessment of the surface water ecological status of 212 water bodies associated with the surveyed sites. This is the first time the QBR index is employed to assess river riparian condition within such a broad area covering major river basins in all five freshwater ecoregions of mainland Greece. The QBR index shows that it can be an effective tool for rapidly identifying the general state of riverine riparian zones and is therefore useful when employed along-side in-stream protocols to complement assessment and monitoring applications.},
	keywords = {assemblages, assessment, basin, Ecological quality, fish, Greece, habitat, management, QBR, riparian zone, river, streams, WATER-QUALITY},
	isbn = {1018-4619},
	author = {Chatzinikolaou, Y. and Ntemiri, K. and Zogaris, S.}
}
