Spatial and temporal variability of surface water pollution in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 485-486, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 653-665

  Wilbers, Gert Jan ^a   Becker, Mathias ^b   Nga, La Thi ^a   Sebesvari, Zita ^a   Renaud, Fabrice G ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; E. coli; Heavy metals; Land use; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CANALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MANGANESE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

E. COLI; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

SURFACE WATERS;

DRINKING WATER; E. COLI; HEAVY METALS; LAND-USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84898782988     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.049     Document Type: Article

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