TY  - JOUR
TT  - Use of Statistical Methods in Water Quality Assessment: A Case Study of BalkanArboretum Area in Trakya University (Edirne, Turkey)
AU  - Tokatlı, Cem
PY  - 2013
DA  - November
JF  - Journal of Applied Biological Sciences
JO  - J.appl.biol.sci.
PB  - Anatolia Bilim Akademisi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-0108
SP  - 79
EP  - 83
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
KW  - Balkan Arboretum Area
KW  - Freshwater Quality
KW  - Factor Analysis
KW  - Cluster Analysis
KW  - Pearson Correlation Index
N2  - The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of freshwater resources of Balkan Arboretum Area located in Trakya University (Güllapoğlu Stream, Artificial Pond and Güllapoğlu Well) by a statistical approach using Pearson Correlation Index (PCI), Factor Analysis (FA) and Cluster Analysis (CA). For this purpose, total of 9 water quality parameters (dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, pH, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, sulphate and cyanide) were measured in water samples, which were collected monthly from 5 stations between the dates of June 2013 – October 2013. According to results of PCI, significant relations were recorded between temperature – nitrate and nitrate – sulphate parameters (p<0.01). According to results of FA, 2 factors named as "Agricultural Factor" and "Climatic Factor" explained 56.66% of the total variance. According to CA, 3 statistically significant clusters were formed, which were corresponded to Lentic and Lotic 1; Lotic 2 and Lotic 3; and Well stations
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jabs/issue//387443
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/415746
ER  -