A concurrent neuro-fuzzy inference system for screening the ecological risk in rivers

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 983-999

  Ocampo Duque, William ^b   Juraske, Ronnie ^c   Kumar, Vikas ^d   Nadal, M ^a   Domingo, José Luis ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebro River (Spain); Ecological risk assessment; Fuzzy inference systems; Self organizing maps; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; METAL; PAH; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

EBRO BASIN; EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84860537893     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0595-0     Document Type: Article

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