Impact of sampling frequency on mean concentrations and estimated loads of suspended sediment in a Norwegian river: Implications for water management

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 462-471

  Skarbøvik, Eva ^a   Stålnacke, Per ^a   Bogen, Jim ^b   Bønsnes, Truls E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Concentrations; Loads; Suspended sediments; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL SAMPLING; ERROR RATE; EUROPEAN UNION WATER FRAMEWORK; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; LOAD ESTIMATION; LOADS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MITIGATION MEASURES; RATING CURVE; RATIO METHOD; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SOUTHERN NORWAY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERBODIES;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTIMATION; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; LEAD; NICKEL; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; NORWAY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORWAY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84864052451     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.072     Document Type: Article

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