Ecotoxicity and chemical sediment data classification by the use of self-organising maps

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 631, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-152

  Tsakovski, Stefan ^a   Kudlak, Blazej ^b   Simeonov, Vasil ^a   Wolska, Lidia ^b   Namiesnik, Jacek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Ecotoxicity; Sediments; Self organising maps

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DECISION MAKING; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MAPS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL SEDIMENTS; CHEMOMETRICS; CHRONIC TOXICITIES; DATA CLASSIFICATIONS; DATA PROJECTIONS; ECOTOXICITY; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES; PCB CONGENERS; SAMPLING SITES; SEDIMENT QUALITIES; SELF-ORGANISING MAPS; SMALL DATA SETS; VISUAL IMAGES;

TOXICITY;

HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ECOTOXICITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER STANDARD;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57249088964     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.10.053     Document Type: Article

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