Assessment of spatial variation of water quality parameters in the most polluted branch of the Anzali wetland, northern Iran

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Charkhabi, A H ^a   Sakizadeh, M ^b  

^a SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anzali wetland; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Siahroud River; Water quality parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745727716     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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