A critical review on the application of the National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index

R Noori, R Berndtsson, M Hosseinzadeh… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies have employed the National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index
(NSFWQI) with non-original rather than originally defined parameters of the model …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen is a better predictor of macroinvertebrate richness than temperature—a systematic review

L Croijmans, JF De Jong… - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite ongoing loss of diversity in freshwater ecosystems, and despite mitigation measures
to halt this loss, it is still not clear what ecological drivers underlies lotic biodiversity. A …

Land use changes and socio-economic development strongly deteriorate river ecosystem health in one of the largest basins in China

X Cheng, L Chen, R Sun, P Kong - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
It is important to assess river ecosystem health in large-scale basins when considering the
complex influence of anthropogenic activities on these ecosystems. This study investigated …

Using the Mann–Kendall test and double mass curve method to explore stream flow changes in response to climate and human activities

A Pirnia, M Golshan, H Darabi… - Journal of Water and …, 2019 - iwaponline.com
Analyzing intra-annual stream flow can reveal the main causes for runoff changes and the
contributions of climate variability and human activities. For this purpose, the Mann–Kendall …

[HTML][HTML] Water quality degradation in the lower mekong basin

R Sor, PB Ngor, S Soum, S Chandra, ZS Hogan… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Mekong River is one of the world's largest rivers, unparalleled in terms of its biodiversity
and ecosystem services. As in other regions, sufficient water quality is required to support …

[HTML][HTML] Aquatic ecosystem health assessment of a typical sub-basin of the Liao River based on entropy weights and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method

J Chen, Y Wang, F Li, Z Liu - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
River ecosystem health assessments provide the foundation for river ecological protection
and integrated management. To evaluate the aquatic ecosystem health of the Fan River …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of temperate and tropical versions of Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) index for assessing water quality of River Aturukuku in Eastern …

H Ochieng, R Odong, J Okot-Okumu - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite their socio-economic and ecological importance, rivers are among the most
threatened ecosystems. As a result, reliable and affordable monitoring system is …

Prediction of purified water quality in industrial hydrocarbon wastewater treatment using an artificial neural network and response surface methodology

NEH Mellal, W Tahar, M Boumaaza, A Belaadi… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study addresses the critical issue of determining the environmental impact of
wastewater discharged from a petroleum complex's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) …

Impact of irrigation based sugarcane cultivation on the Chiredzi and Runde Rivers quality, Zimbabwe

T Nhiwatiwa, T Dalu, L Brendonck - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Agriculture is vital in sustaining human livelihoods. However, agriculture as it is currently
practiced, is contributing to the degradation of freshwater ecosystems globally. We …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of fish assessment index based on ensemble artificial neural network for aquatic ecosystem in South Korea

H Kang, DJ Jeon, S Kim, K Jung - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Fish assessment index (FAI) is commonly used to perform ecological health assessments of
fish communities in rivers. However, the estimation of this index is difficult, considering the …