Water quality indicators: Comparison of a probabilistic index and a general quality index. The case of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar (Spain)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1049-1054

  Beamonte Córdoba, Eduardo ^a   Casino Martínez, Alejandro ^a   Veres Ferrer, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

General quality index; Probabilistic index; Statistical data analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HIGH POTENTIAL; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PI INDEX; PROBABILISTIC INDEX; PROBABILITY THEORY; QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; QUALITY INDICES; STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS;

DATA HANDLING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77951142651     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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