Evaluation of water quality in the Chillán River (Central Chile) using physicochemical parameters and a modified Water Quality Index

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 301-322

  Debels, Patrick ^a,b   Figueroa, Ricardo ^a   Urrutia, Roberto ^a   Barra, Ricardo ^a   Niell, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b VVOB   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Chill n River; PCA; Physicochemical parameters; Water Quality Index

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATERSHEDS;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; WATER QUALITY INDEX;

WATER QUALITY;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

AMMONIA; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIO-BIO; CHILE; CHILLAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29444452378     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-8064-1     Document Type: Article

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