Assessment of clustering algorithms in discriminating eutrophic levels in coastal waters

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-365

  Primpas, I ^a   Karydis, M ^a   Tsirtsis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Eutrophication; Eutrophication assessment; Marine Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349117269     PISSN: 17907632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.000495     Document Type: Article

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