Seasonal and spatial variability of water quality parameters in the Port of Genoa, Italy, from 2000 to 2007

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-349

  Ruggieri, N ^a   Castellano, M ^a   Capello, M ^a   Maggi, S ^b   Povero, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Ufficio Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic factor analysis; Harbour; Multivariate time series; Pollution monitoring; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL TRENDS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER; DYNAMIC FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORCINGS; HARBOUR; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MULTIVARIATE METHODS; MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PORTS AND HARBORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HARBOR; MARINE POLLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; ITALY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79751530546     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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