River health assessment in peri-urban landscapes: An application of multivariate analysis to identify the key variables

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3915-3924

  Pinto, U ^a   Maheshwari, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hawkesbury Nepean river; River health assessment; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

FACTORS ANALYSIS; HAWKESBURY-NEPEAN RIVERS; HEALTH ASSESSMENTS; KEY VARIABLES; RIVER HEALTH; RIVER HEALTH ASSESSMENT; RIVER SYSTEMS; URBAN LANDSCAPE; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

RIVER WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIURBAN AREA; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY RIVER; NEPEAN RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 79959351054     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.044     Document Type: Article

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