Application of CCME water quality index to monitor water quality: A case of the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 411-429

  Lumb, Ashok ^a   Halliwell, Doug ^a   Sharma, Tribeni ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Saint Francis Xavier University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic life; CCME water quality index; Ecosystem health; Ecosystem initiatives; Mackenzie River basin; Metals; Protocols; Site specific guidelines; Water quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; MANAGERS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AQUATIC LIFE; CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (CCME); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM INITIATIVES; SITE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY INDEX;

WATER QUALITY;

TRACE METAL;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDEX METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER LOADING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; MACKENZIE BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 33645466392     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9092-6     Document Type: Article

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