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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.
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Altın, A., Filiz, Z. & Iscen, C.F. Assessment of seasonal variations of surface water quality characteristics for Porsuk Stream. Environ Monit Assess 158, 51–65 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0564-3
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