title: The influence of lagoon on neighboring rivers by water and sediment quality.
abstract: Canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) was applied in order to distinguish the water-quality and the sediment-quality parameters from neighboring rivers, and to recognize similarities of water and sediment properties between a lagoon and neighboring rivers. Two set of constructed discriminant functions showed a marked contribution to most of the discriminant variables. In water, the significant parameters - the total nitrogen, algae, dissolved oxygen and total phosphate - were combined as the nutrient effect factor. The recognition capacities of the two discriminant functions were 95.6 and 4.4%, respectively; the Kaoping River showed the most similarities with the water quality in Dapeng Bay; in sediment, the significant parameters porosity, Cd, Cr, Al, and Pb were combined as the heavy metal effect factor. The recognition capacities were 82.6 and 17.4%, respectively, but the sediment properties in these three rivers had no significant similarity with the Dapeng Bay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Resources Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan, China.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005502:Food; D005618:Fresh Water; D005843:Geography; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D045483:Rivers; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D010710:Phosphates; D014873:Water Pollutants; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen