Surface water quality assessment by environmetric methods

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 371-376

  Boyacioglu, Hülya ^a   Boyacioglu, Hayal ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buyuk Menderes River; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Factor loading matrix; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RIVER POLLUTION;

BUYUK MENDERES RIVER; ENVIRONMETRIC STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR-LOADING MATRIX;

WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; RIVER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; RIVERS; TURKEY;

BUYUK MENDERES RIVER; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34347381087     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9482-4     Document Type: Article

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