Temporal and spatial variations of water quality in the Jinshui River of the South Qinling Mts., China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 907-913

  Bu, Hongmei ^a,b   Tan, Xiang ^a,b   Li, Siyue ^a   Zhang, Quanfa ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Multivariate statistical techniques; Spatial pattern; Temporal variation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; SILICON; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN REGION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PH; RIVER; SALINITY; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; TIME; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; JINSHUI RIVER; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI;

EID: 77953539988     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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