Estimation of surface water quality in a Yazoo River tributary using the duration curve and recurrence interval approach

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 515-523

  Ouyang, Ying ^a   Parajuli, Prem B ^b   Marion, Daniel A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Load duration curve; Recurrence period; Specific conductivity; Water Quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKE POLLUTION; OXYGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LOAD DURATION CURVES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; RECURRENCE PERIOD; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; WATER QUALITY TRENDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES; YAZOO RIVER;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 84878828317     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.055     Document Type: Article

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