Assessment of water quality along a recreational section of the Damour River in Lebanon using the water quality index

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4151-4160

  Massoud, May Afif ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Classification; Damour River; Lebanon; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKERS; DRY SEASONS; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; LEBANON; MANAGEMENT TOOL; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MONITORING WATER QUALITY; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SEVERAL VARIABLES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPECIFIC VALUES; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER QUANTITIES;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COLIFORM BACTERIA; DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH; RIVERS;

WATER QUALITY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LEBANON; QUALITY CONTROL; RECREATION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEBANON; RECREATION; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LEBANON;

EID: 84864859794     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2251-z     Document Type: Article

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