Statistical assessment of the surface water quality monitoring network in Saskatchewan

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Khalil, Bahaa ^a,e   Ou, Chunping ^b,d   Proulx Mcinnis, Sandra ^b   St Hilaire, Andre ^b   Zanacic, Enisa ^c  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c Water Security Agency   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monitoring networks; Sampling frequency; Water quality; Water quality indicators

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTS; MONITORING NETWORK; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

SURFACE WATERS;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

MONITORING SYSTEM; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84906650841     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2128-1     Document Type: Article

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