Assessment of surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: A case study of Behrimaz Stream, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 543-553

  Varol, Memet ^a   Şen, Bülent ^b  

^a Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b Fýrat Euphrates University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behrimaz stream; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Multivariate techniques; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; COMPONENT ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERPRETATION OF DATA; LATENT FACTOR; MONITORING SITES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; NON-POINT SOURCE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POINT SOURCES; POLLUTED AREA; STREAM WATER QUALITY; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOTAL VARIANCE; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUALITY DATA;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HYDRAULICS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

MINERAL; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STREAM (RIVER); TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TURKEY; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70450243088     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0650-6     Document Type: Article

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