Spatial-temporal variation of surface water quality in the downstream region of the Jakara River, north-western Nigeria: A statistical approach

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1551-1560

  Mustapha, Adamu ^a,b   Aris, Ahmad Zaharin ^a   Ramli, Mohammad Firuz ^a   Juahir, Hafizan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KANO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Jakara River; Nigeria; Paired sample t test; Principal component analysis; Surface water quality; Varimax factor; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION MATRIX; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; DOWNSTREAM REGION; DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; NIGERIA; PAIRED SAMPLE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; T-TESTS; TOTAL SOLIDS; TOTAL VARIANCE; VARIMAX FACTOR; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WET SEASON;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; DISSOLVED SOLID; NIGERIA; PH; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASON; SOLID; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL SOLID; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NIGERIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84862863281     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.680415     Document Type: Article

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