Temporal trend and source apportionment of water pollution in different functional zones of Qiantang River, China

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1781-1795

  Su, Shiliang ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Xiao, Rui ^a   Huang, Fang ^a   Wu, Jiaping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Functional zones; River water environment; Source; Temporal trend; Water management

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; LINEAR REGRESSION; OIL SPILLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; ZONING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ZONES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL TESTS; RIVER WATER; ROTATED PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SOURCE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; FLUORIDE; NITROGEN; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLUORIDE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GIS; LINEARITY; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; STATE ROLE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; QIANTANG RIVER; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 78651456833     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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