Water quality assessment of Osun river: Studies on inorganic nutrients

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-28

  Olajire, A A ^a   Imeokparia, F E ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer and flame photometry; Inorganic nutrients; Rivers; Technicon's autoanalyzer; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE ION; CYANIDE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER; SODIUM ION;

INORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; NUTRIENT; PARAMETER; PH; RIVER; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

NIGERIA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 0035011979     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010796410829     Document Type: Article

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