title: Application of automated measurement stations for continuous water quality monitoring of the Dender river in Flanders, Belgium.
abstract: During the summer of 1999, two automated water quality measurement stations were installed along the Dender river in Belgium. The variables dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, pH, rain-intensity, flow and solar radiation were measured continuously. In this paper these on-line measurement series are presented and interpreted using also additional measurements and ecological expert-knowledge. The purpose was to demonstrate the variability in time and space of the aquatic processes and the consequences of conducting and interpreting discrete measurements for river quality assessment and management. The large fluctuations of the data illustrated the importance of continuous measurements for the complete description and modelling of the biological processes in the river.
authors.affiliation: BIOMATH, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vandenberghe
authors.forename: P L M
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Goethals
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Griensven
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meirlaen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Pauw
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanrolleghem
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bauwens
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000032:analysis; D001530:Belgium; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis*; D011891:Rain; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D000641:Ammonia; D010100:Oxygen