Quantifying variability within water samples: The need for adequate subsampling

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Donohue, Ian ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Confidence; Monitoring; Nutrients; Uncertainty; Variability; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ROBUST QUANTIFICATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

FILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 37349054250     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.07.041     Document Type: Article

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