Determination of Spatiotemporal Variations in Heavy Metal Concentration through Orontes River

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology

Ece Kılıç¹  Mehmet Fatih Can¹ 

[1] Department of Water Resources Management and Organization, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, İskenderun Technical University, 31200 Hatay;

关键词: Heavy Metal Pollution;    Orontes River;    Water Quality;    Multivariate Statistics;   

DOI  :  10.24925/turjaf.v5i9.1086-1093.1298

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Water quality in surface waters is an important concern since it directly affects public health. Therefore, to provide adequate quality of water, monitoring studies have been conducted all around the world. In this study, multivariate statistical methods were used to understand the spatial and temporal changes in heavy metal concentration (including As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, Zn) through Orontes River. Monitoring study results belonging to 5 different stations in Orontes River was obtained from State of Hydraulic Works and evaluated according to Box and Whisker plots, two-way PERMONAVA analysis and Mann-Kendall trend test. Results indicated that heavy metal concentrations has been increasing year by year. However, there is no significant spatial change in heavy metal concentration and rather homogenous distribution was observed through Orontes River. On the other hand, Iron (Fe) concentration in river was seasonal depended with no significant trend.

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