Spatio-temporal assessment and trend analysis of surface water salinity in the coastal region of Bangladesh

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 14273-14290

  Shammi, Mashura ^a,b   Rahman, Md Mostafizur ^a,c   Islam, Md Atikul ^d   Bodrud Doza, Md ^a   Zahid, Anwar ^e   Akter, Yeasmin ^f   Quaiyum, Samia ^c   Kurasaki, Masaaki ^c  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HAJEE MOHAMMAD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^e Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cl Br molar ratio; Electric conductivity (EC); Estuary; Na Cl molar ratio; Nonparametric test; Seawater intrusion (SWI); Spatial salinity trend

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; COX'S BAZAR; INDIAN OCEAN; MEGHNA ESTUARY; MEGHNA RIVER;

WATER;

BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASON;

BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 85017619159     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8976-7     Document Type: Article

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