Water quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources of Tigris River (Turkey) using multivariate statistical techniques-a case study

dc.contributor.authorVarol, M.
dc.contributor.authorGökot, B.
dc.contributor.authorBekleyen, A.
dc.contributor.authorŞen, B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T15:59:32Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T15:59:32Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesi, Fen Ve Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Tigris is one of the most important transboundary rivers in western Asia and originates in the Toros mountains of the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Multivariate statistical techniques, such as cluster analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA) and factor analysis (FA), were applied for the evaluation of temporal/spatial variations and the interpretation of a water quality data set for the Tigris River, which was obtained during 1?year of monitoring. This study presents the usefulness of multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation and interpretation of complex water quality data sets and apportionment of pollution sources/factors to obtain better information about water quality and the design of a monitoring network for the effective management of water resources. Hierarchical CA grouped 12?months into two periods (the first and second periods) and classified seven monitoring sites into three groups, that is, less polluted sites, medium polluted sites and highly polluted sites, based on similarities in the water quality characteristics. PCA/FA identified five factors in the data structure, which explained 77.5% of the total variance of the data set. This allowed us to group the selected parameters according to common features and to evaluate the influence of each group on the overall variation in water quality. Varifactors obtained from the factor analysis indicated that the parameters responsible for water quality variation were mainly related to soluble salts (natural), organic pollution and nutrients (anthropogenic). Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [107Y216]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe present study was part of a research project funded by The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK, project no. 107Y216). We gratefully acknowledge Ahmet Bezaroglu for his assistance with the fieldwork. The authors also thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and constructive suggestions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) 107Y216
dc.identifier.citationVarol, M., Gökot, B., Bekleyen, A. ve Şen, B. (2012). Water quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources of Tigris River (Turkey) using multivariate statistical techniques-a case study. River Research and Applications, 28(9), 1428–1438
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/rra.1533
dc.identifier.endpage1438en_US
dc.identifier.issn1535-1459
dc.identifier.issn1535-1467
dc.identifier.issue9en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84867980760
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage1428en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/rra.1533
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/14129
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rra.1533
dc.identifier.volume28en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000310162200008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorGökot, B.
dc.institutionauthorBekleyen, A.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofRiver Research and Applications
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMultivariate Statistical Techniquesen_US
dc.subjectTigris Riveren_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.subjectWater pollutionen_US
dc.titleWater quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources of Tigris River (Turkey) using multivariate statistical techniques-a case studyen_US
dc.titleWater quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources of Tigris River (Turkey) using multivariate statistical techniques-a case study
dc.typeArticleen_US

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