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In the present study, an attempt was made to estimate the water quality of Aliakmon river using five biotic scores (based on benthic macroinvertebrates), physicochemical variables and multivariate data analyzes. Benthic and chemical samples were obtained from 20 sites, during the low flow season (September, 1995). Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected with the three minute kick-sweep method and several physicochemical parameters (D.O., pH, temperature, nutrients etc.) were measured. The multivariate techniques FUZZY and CANOCO were applied to the data. Aliakmon river appeared to have poorer water quality during the low flow season than during the high flow season as determined by comparison with a previous survey undertaken in April 1995. The upstream sites had better water quality than the downstream sites. The performance of the biotic scores was generally satisfactory, but in some cases they were deficient in distinguishing between running waters of good and excellent water quality. On the contrary, the multifactorial analyzes, which consider the abundance of the taxonomic groups, appeared to be more appropriate for the classification of the sites based on the structure of their biocommunities.
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Lazaridou-Dimitriadou, M., Artemiadou, V., Yfantis, G., Mourelatos, S., Mylopoulos, Y. (1999). Contribution to the ecological quality of Aliakmon river (Macedonia, Greece): a multivariate approach. In: Garnier, J., Mouchel, JM. (eds) Man and River Systems. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 146. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2163-9_6
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