Spatial and temporal variability of water quality of an urbanized river in Algeria: The case of Soummam Wadi

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 742-749

  Maane Messai, S ^a   Laignel, B ^b   Motelay Massei, A ^b   Madani, K ^a   Chibane, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Organic pollution; Standards of surface water quality; Surface waters; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOODS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EMISSION; FLOOD; INDEX METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PH; RESEARCH WORK; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VOLUME; WATER QUALITY;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PH; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; CHEMISTRY; CITY; HUMAN; STANDARD; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ALGERIA;

ALGERIA; CITIES; HUMANS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77958188726     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12465435982854     Document Type: Article

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