Surface water quality evaluation using multivariate methods and a new water quality index in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Qian, Yun ^a   Migliaccio, Kati White ^a   Wan, Yongshan ^b   Li, Yuncong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

NUTRIENT WATER; WATER QUALITY INDEX;

WATER QUALITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER QUALITY;

DATA PROCESSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848852673     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005716     Document Type: Article

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