Use of Statistical Methods in Water Quality Assessment: A Case Study of Balkan Arboretum Area in Trakya University (Edirne, Turkey)

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Cem TOKATLI¹ 

关键词: Balkan Arboretum Area;    Freshwater Quality;    Factor Analysis;    Cluster Analysis;    Pearson Correlation Index;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Nobel Bilim ve Arasirma Merkezi/Nobel Science and Research Cente

【 摘 要 】

TheaimofthisstudywastoevaluatethequalityoffreshwaterresourcesofBalkanArboretumArealocatedinTrakyaUniversity(GüllapoğluStream,ArtificialPondandGüllapoğluWell)byastatisticalapproachusingPearsonCorrelationIndex(PCI),FactorAnalysis(FA)andClusterAnalysis(CA).Forthispurpose,totalof9waterqualityparameters(dissolvedoxygen,temperature,conductivity,pH,nitrate,nitrite,phosphate,sulphateandcyanide)weremeasuredinwatersamples,whichwerecollectedmonthlyfrom5stationsbetweenthedatesofJune2013–October2013.AccordingtoresultsofPCI,significantrelationswererecordedbetweentemperature–nitrateandnitrate–sulphateparameters(p<0.01).AccordingtoresultsofFA,2factorsnamedas"AgriculturalFactor"and"ClimaticFactor"explained56.66%ofthetotalvariance.AccordingtoCA,3statisticallysignificantclusterswereformed,whichwerecorrespondedtoLenticandLotic1;Lotic2andLotic3;andWellstations.

【 授权许可】

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