Surface water quality assessment by environmetric methods

Boyacioglu H., Boyacioglu H.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, cilt.131, sa.1-3, ss.371-376, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 131 Sayı: 1-3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10661-006-9482-4
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.371-376
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Buyuk Menderes River, cluster analysis, factor analysis, factor-loading matrix, water quality, RIVER
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This environmetric study deals with the interpretation of river water monitoring data from the basin of the Buyuk Menderes River and its tributaries in Turkey. Eleven variables were measured to estimate water quality at 17 sampling sites. Factor analysis was applied to explain the correlations between the observations in terms of underlying factors. Results revealed that, water quality was strongly affected from agricultural uses. Cluster analysis was used to classify stations with similar properties and results distinguished three groups of stations. Water quality at downstream of the river was quite different from the other part. It is recommended to involve the environmetric data treatment as a substantial procedure in assessment of water quality data.