With the ever-increasing global population and industrialization, it has become a call of the
hour to start taking care of the environment to balance the ecosystem. For this, effective …

The concentrations and sources of heavy metals in shallow sediments in Lake Bafa were
investigated. The concentrations of nine heavy metals and the total organic carbon content …

Landscape patterns and land cover changes critically impact the hydrological cycling of
pollutants and affect receiving water quality significantly. Understanding spatial distribution …

Spatial patterns of water quality trends for 118 sites in the Han River basin of South Korea
were examined for eight parameters—temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical …

Environmental monitoring is necessary to ensure the overall health and conservation of an
ecosystem. However, ecosystems (eg air, water, soil), are complex, involving numerous …

Abstract The Keban Dam Reservoir, located on the Euphrates River, is the second largest
reservoir of Turkey. Water quality of this reservoir is of great importance because it is widely …

Multivariate statistical approaches, such as cluster analysis (CA) and principal component
analysis/factor analysis (PCA/FA), were used to evaluate temporal/spatial variations in water …

Understanding the spatial distribution and apportioning the sources of water pollution are
important in the study and efficient management of water resources. In this work, we …

Assessment of river water quality is very important for understanding the impact of human
activities on aquatic ecosystems. As the second-largest river in China, the Yellow River's …

Self-organizing map (SOM) was used to explore the spatial characteristics of water quality in
the middle and southern Fujian coastal area. Nineteen water quality variables (temperature …