Assessment of seasonal variations of surface water quality characteristics for Porsuk Stream

Altın Yavuz A., Filiz Z., Filik İşçen C.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, cilt.158, ss.51-65, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 158
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10661-008-0564-3
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.51-65
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Factor analysis, Porsuk stream, Seasonal variation, Surface water, Water pollution, Water quality, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS, MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, RIVER WATER, TURKEY, SYSTEM, JAPAN, LOADS
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the factor analysis technique is applied to surface water quality data sets obtained from Porsuk stream in Turkey, generated during 10 years (1995-2005) monitoring of 29 parameters at one site (Esenkara) for all four seasons. The varifactors obtained from factor analysis indicate that the parameters responsible for water quality variations are mainly related to mineral and inorganic nutrients, organic pollution, microbiological pollution in winter and spring; mineral and nutrients in summer; microbiological and nutrient pollution in fall. This study presents the necessity and usefulness of multivariate statistical assessment of large and complex databases in order to get better information about the quality of surface water.