Eutrophication, health risk assessment and spatial analysis of water quality in Gucheng Lake, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1741-1748

  Yu, Feng Cun ^a,b   Fang, Guo Hua ^a,b   Ru, Xiang Wen ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Hydrology Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cluster analysis; Entropy weight; Gucheng Lake; Health risk assessment; Lake eutrophication; Trophic state index

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; ENTROPY WEIGHTS; ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; HYDROXYBENZENE; LAKE EUTROPHICATIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATE; WATER CHARACTERISTICS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARCINOGEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GUCHENG LAKE; JIANGSU;

EID: 77955167822     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0156-8     Document Type: Article

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