@article {7850,
	title = {Ecological problems concerning the distribution of the vulnerable fish fauna in running water ecosystems of East Macedonia and Thrace region (Greece)},
	journal = {Journal of Environmental Protection and EcologyJournal of Environmental Protection and EcologyJournal of Environmental Protection and Ecology},
	volume = {8},
	number = {2},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 284ZMTimes Cited: 1Cited Reference Count: 26},
	pages = {442-454},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Running water ecosystems such as rivers and torrents represent sensitive systems with very important value for the environmental stability, as their protection and conservation is important for local and regional development. The running water ecosystems of East Macedonia and Thrace region in Northern Greece, during the last decades, present an important environmental degradation, mostly due to the extreme use of their natural resources, the pollution they accept and the inappropriate imposed environmental management. Therefore, their vulnerable fish fauna is disturbed and in some cases exhausted, with a negative impact in the total ecosystem and its ecological structure. This paper aims to observe the major environmental problems of the main running water ecosystems concerning important risks for the fish fauna and the fish populations in East Macedonia{\textquoteright}s and Thrace region as the rivers Strymon, Aggitis, Nestos, Evros and Ardas and the torrents, Marmaras, Komsatos, Kosinthos, Filiouris, Bosbos and Erythropotamos. Data about the fish fauna and the ecological state of the above running water ecosystems were collected from scientific references, research projects and from reports of the relative {\textquoteright}Fisheries Public Authorities{\textquoteright} of each ecosystem. The fish populations from a significant number of species that leave in the above ecosystems face a lot of problems in comparison to past, even if nowadays the majority of them is protected from specific national and international laws and conventions. The findings of the study can support the planning of a sustainable and rational environmental friendly management from the local authorities, and enhances the relations between the living resources, as the vulnerable fish species, and their habitats in running water systems.},
	keywords = {east, environmental management, environmental problems, fish fauna, Macedonia-Thrace region, rivers, torrents},
	isbn = {1311-5065},
	author = {Antonis K. Kokkinakis}
}
