River water quality assessment: Implementation of non-parametric tests for sampling frequency optimization

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-205

  Naddeo, V ^a   Scannapieco, D ^a   Zarra, T ^a   Belgiorno, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Mann Kendall; Non parametric tests; Surface waters; Trend analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATION; MONITORING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; TESTING METHOD; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

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EID: 84859482250     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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