Long-term variations of water quality parameters in the Maroon River, Iran

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 273-287

  Tabari, Hossein ^a   Marofi, Safar ^a   Ahmadi, Mohammad ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Statistical analysis; Surface water; Trend detection; Water quality parameters

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATIO; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME-SCALES; TREND ANALYSIS; TREND DETECTION; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WINTER SEASONS;

MAGNESIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SODIUM; TURBIDITY;

WATER QUALITY;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; SURFACE WATER;

POLLUTION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; PH; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

IRAN; MAROON RIVER;

EID: 79959749351     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1633-y     Document Type: Article

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