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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2021

Multivariate analysis of water quality parameters in Lake Palic, Serbia.

Mirjana Horvat, Zoltan Horvat, Kristian Pastor

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Advancements in Monitoring Water Quality Based on Various Sensing Methods: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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3 authors.

Mirjana HorvatFaculty of Civil Engineering Subotica, University of Novi Sad, Kozaracka 2a, 24000, Subotica, Serbia.
Zoltan HorvatFaculty of Civil Engineering Subotica, University of Novi Sad, Kozaracka 2a, 24000, Subotica, Serbia. horvatz@gf.uns.ac.rs.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4605-099X
Kristian PastorFaculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive investigation of water quality parameters in the fourth sector of Lake Palic in Serbia, which has a regional strategic importance. Namely, it is designated as a tourist destination. What is perhaps even more important is that its surplus water ends up in Lake Ludas, a significant habitat for migrating and aquatic bird species, and it is a RAMSAR site. The conducted analysis points to the major conclusion that the reasons for very high Chlorophyll-a values can be found in considerable anthropogenic pressures exerted on the studied area. Due to these pressures, the lake is not in ecological equilibrium. To support this conclusion, an in-depth analysis was conducted using water quality measurements for 9 years, from 2011 to 2019. The data was subject to principal component analysis (PCA) and machine learning classification algorithms that identified a seasonal character regarding the lake's water quality. Water quality indexes (WQI) were determined using two approaches to provide a more general insight into the lake's overall quality. Keeping in mind the large number of data gathered monthly within the Palic-Ludas Lake system, fitted models for estimating certain water quality parameters were also developed. This was accomplished via multivariate regression, resulting in a number of equations that can, using a few basic input parameters, predict values of ammonium nitrogen, Chlorophyll-a, and 5-day biological oxygen demand. The fitted models were obtained for relatively homogeneous periods within a year identified by cluster analysis.

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LakesWater QualityEnvironmental MonitoringMultivariate AnalysisSerbiaMachine learningMultivariate regressionPCATemporal water qualityWater quality assessmentWQI

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