Twenty years of new zealand's national rivers water quality network: Benefits of careful design and consistent operation

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 750-771

  Davies Colley, Robert J ^a   Smith, David G ^b   Ward, Robert C ^c   Bryers, Graham G ^a   Mcbride, Graham B ^a   Quinn, John M ^a   Scarsbrook, Mike R ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic algae periphyton; Environmental sampling; Load modeling; Macro invertebrates; Microbial pollution; Monitoring; New Zealand; Nutrients; Quality assurance; Rivers; Time series analysis; Visual clarity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ALGAE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; LOAD MODELING; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES; MICROBIAL POLLUTION; NEW ZEALAND; VISUAL CLARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DESIGN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RIVERS; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETRY; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; DATA SET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERIPHYTON; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED LOAD; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960744126     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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