Surface water quality assessment of lis river using multivariate statistical methods

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5549-5561

  Vieira, Judite S ^a,b   Pires, José C M ^a   Martins, Fernando G ^a   Vilar, Vítor J P ^a   Boaventura, Rui A R ^a   Botelho, Cidália M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Lis river; Microbiological parameters; Physicochemical parameters; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; LIS RIVER; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MONITORING LOCATIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MONITORING SITES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION SOURCES; PORTUGAL; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER SAMPLING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

SURFACE WATER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

LEIRIA [PORTUGAL]; LIS RIVER; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84870241442     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1267-5     Document Type: Article

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