Heavy metal contents and the water quality of Karasu Creek in Nigde, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 169-178

  Yalcin, M Gurhan ^a   Aydin, Olcay ^b   Elhatip, Hatim ^c  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nigde State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Karasu creek; Nigde; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAVY METALS; WATER QUALITY;

KARASU CREEK; TURKEY;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLUORINE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; OXYGEN; SULFUR; ZINC;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECTROMETRY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; KARASU CREEK; NIGDE; TURKEY;

EID: 38349054206     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9737-8     Document Type: Article

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