Using cooperative water quality data for a holistic understanding of rivers and streams: A study of the neponset river, Massachusetts

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-378

  Arrigo, Jennifer Saleem ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative monitoring programs; Principal components analyses; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEPONSET BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958704517     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.566519     Document Type: Article

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