Assessment of nutrients using multivariate statistical techniques in estuarine systems and its management implications: A case study from Cochin Estuary, India

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-132

  Joseph, Shijo ^b   Ouseph, P P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cochin Estuary; India; Nutrients; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

COCHIN ESTUARY; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDIA; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; MARINE WATERS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PRE-MONSOON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; STATISTICAL MODELS; STRONG CORRELATION; WATER SYSTEM;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARIES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; PARAMETER; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COCHIN ESTUARY; INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 77953933218     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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