Statistical Aspects of Water Quality Monitoring, Proceedings of the Workshop held at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters

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Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
A.H. El-Shaarawi, R.E. Kwiatkowski

Spatial Heterogeneity of Water Quality Parameters Original Research Article
Pages 1-16
S.R. Esterby

Uncertainty in Water Quality Data Original Research Article
Pages 17-29
Robert H. Montgomery, Thomas G. Sanders

The Use of Multivariate Methods in the Interpretation of Water Quality Monitoring Data of a Large Northern Reservoir Original Research Article
Pages 30-43
R. Schetagne

Modeling River Acidity – a Transfer Function Approach Original Research Article
Pages 44-52
Eivind Damsleth

Sulphate, Water Colour and Dissolved Organic Carbon Relationships in Organic Waters of Atlantic Canada Original Research Article
Pages 53-63
G.D. Howell, T.L. Pollock

Sulfate in Coloured Waters. I. Evaluation of Chromatographic and Colorimetric Data Compatibility Original Research Article
Pages 64-78
V. Cheam, A.S.Y. Chau, S. Todd

The Importance of Design Quality Control to a National Monitoring Program Original Research Article
Pages 79-98
R.E. Kwiatkowski

Determination of Water Quality Zonation in Lake Ontario Using Multivariate Techniques Original Research Article
Pages 99-116
M.A. Neilson, R.J.J. Stevens

Spatial Variability in the Water Quality of Quebec Rivers Original Research Article
Pages 117-135
Marc Simoneau

Estimation of Distributional Parameters for Censored Water Quality Data Original Research Article
Pages 137-157
Dennis R. Helsel

Natural Variability of Water Quality in a Temperate Estuary Original Research Article
Pages 158-171
Laurence E. Gadbois, Bruce J. Neilson

Extension of Water Quality Data Bases in Planning for Water Treatment Original Research Article
Pages 173-182
G.T. Orlob, N. Marjanović

Statistical Inferences from Coliform Monitoring of Potable Water Original Research Article
Pages 183-193
Wesley O. Pipes

Modelling of Bacterial Populations and Water Quality Monitoring in Distribution Systems Original Research Article
Pages 194-214
A. Maul, A.H. El-Shaarawi, J.C. Block

A Goodness-of-Fit Test for the Negative Binomial Distribution Applicable to Large Sets of Small Samples Original Research Article
Pages 215-220
Barbara Heller

Reporting Bacteriological Counts from Water Samples: How Good is the Information from an Individual Sample? Original Research Article
Pages 221-230
Hilary E. Tillett

Some Applications of Linear Models for Analysis of Contaminants in Aquatic Biota Original Research Article
Pages 231-245
Roger H. Green

A Comparative Study of the Sampling Properties of Four Similarity Indices Original Research Article
Pages 246-260
Hong-Woo Khoo, Lim Tit-Meng

Randomized Similarity Analysis of Multispecies Laboratory and Field Studies Original Research Article
Pages 261-272
Eric P. Smith

Association of ChlorophyllA with Physical and Chemical Factors in Lake Ontario, 1967-1981 Original Research Article
Pages 273-291
A.H. El-Shaarawi, J. Richard Elliott, R.E. Kwiatkowski, David R. Peirson

Gamma Markov Processes Original Research Article
Pages 293-301
R.M. Phatarfod

Dynamic Covariate Adjustment of Water Quality Parameters for Streamflow: Transfer Function Model Selection Original Research Article
Pages 302-317
Larry D. Haugh, Yosuke Noda, Joan McClallen

Residuals from Regression with Dependent Errors Original Research Article
Pages 318-325
R.J. Kulperger

Alternatives for Identifying Statistically Significant Differences Original Research Article
Pages 326-334
Edward A. McBean

Global Variance and Root Mean Square Error Associated with Linear Interpolation of a Markovian Time-Series Original Research Article
Pages 335-346
D.A. Cluis

Empirical Power Comparisons of Some Tests for Trend Original Research Article
Pages 347-362
K.W. Hipel, A.I. Mcleod, P.K. Fosu

Statistical Assessment of a Limnological Data Set Original Research Article
Pages 363-380
Robert Clifford Jr., John W. Wilkinson, Nicholas L. Clesceri

The Change Point Problem: a Review of Applications Original Research Article
Pages 381-387
V.K. Jandhyala, I.B. MacNeill

Spectral Analysis of Long-Term Water Quality Records Original Research Article
Pages 388-403
Paul H. Whitfield

Bayes Estimation of Parameters of First Order Autoregressive Process Original Research Article
Pages 405-417
M.S. Abu-Salih, A.A. Abd-Alla

A Systems Approach to Computerizing Data Acquisition Original Research Article
Pages 418-432
Thomas R. Clune

High Frequency Water Quality Monitoring of a Coastal Stream Original Research Article
Pages 433-442
Norman E. Dalley

The Design of a Cost Effective Microcomputer-Based Data Acquisition System Original Research Article
Pages 443-459
Kiyohisa Okamura, Kamyab Aghai-Tabriz

On the Estimation of Monthly Mean Phosphorus Loadings Original Research Article
Pages 460-468
M.E. Thompson, K. Bischoping

Estimation of Loading by Numerical Integration Original Research Article
Pages 469-478
A.H. El-Shaarawi, K.W. Kuntz, A. Sylvestre

Intervention Analysis of Seasonal and Nonseasonal Data to Estimate Treatment Plant Phosphorus Loading Shifts Original Research Article
Pages 479-489
K.A. Booman, P.M. Berthouex, Lars Pallesen

Sediment Responses During Storm Events in Small Forested Watersheds Original Research Article
Pages 490-498
W.A. Rieger, L.J. Olive

Index
Pages 499-502