Evaluation of spatial and temporal variation in stream water quality by multivariate statistical techniques: A case study of the Xiangxi River basin, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-144

  Wang, Xingzhong ^a,b   Cai, Qinghua ^a   Ye, Lin ^a,b   Qu, Xiaodong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; HUBEI; XIANGXI RIVER;

EID: 84869502209     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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