Journal of Ecosystems / 2014 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Statistical Assessment of Water Quality Parameters for Pollution Source Identification in Sukhnag Stream: An Inflow Stream of Lake Wular (Ramsar Site), Kashmir Himalaya Table 3 The results of the statistical analysis with the general linear regression model to delineate the nature and magnitude of relationship among physicochemical parameters of Sukhnag stream. The regression parameters,
α and
β , were estimated from
.
refers to the regression analysis.
Parameters No. of
values
(mg/L)
valueDeviation from zero Water temperature DO 12 12.05 −0.16 0.8 53.8 <0.0001 Significant Free CO2 12 7.54 0.06 0.6 17.9 0 Significant Nitrite 12 0 0 0.6 15 0 Significant Ammonia 12 0.14 0 0.7 20.1 0 Significant Organic-N 12 0.15 0.01 0.8 44.3 <0.0001 Significant Depth Velocity 12 0.46 0.2 0.9 132 <0.0001 Significant OP 12 0.02 0.03 0.7 20.6 0 Significant T phosphorus 12 0.17 0.05 0.9 134 <0.0001 Significant Nitrate 12 0.31 0.11 0.9 117 <0.0001 Significant Chloride 12 9.23 0.76 0.5 11.1 0.01 Significant Ca 12 16.67 8.34 0.7 24.8 0 Significant Mg 12 4.19 1.61 0.6 12.1 0.01 Significant Na 12 6.47 2.45 0.6 18.1 0 Significant K 12 1.79 0.44 0.5 11.2 0.01 Significant T solids 12 95.24 120 1 257 <0.0001 Significant TSS 12 −18.43 48.6 1 215 <0.0001 Significant TDS 12 113.7 71.2 1 199 <0.0001 Significant Dissolved oxygen Free CO2 12 12.18 −0.39 0.8 45.4 <0.0001 Significant Alkalinity 12 155.8 −7.92 0.6 15.5 0 Significant Ammoniacal-N 12 −0.17 0.03 0.7 20.1 0 Significant Organic-N 12 1.09 −0.08 1 229 <0.0001 Significant Conductivity Total-P 12 −0.03 0 0.7 24.5 0 Significant Nitrate-N 12 −0.1 0 0.7 18.4 0 Significant K 12 −0.17 0.01 0.5 9.53 0.01 Significant TDS 12 −141.6 1.39 0.7 19.4 0 Significant Total hardness 12 −145.5 1.05 0.9 60.1 <0.0001 Significant Ca hardness 12 −40.26 0.42 0.8 30.3 0 Significant Mg hardness 12 −25.57 0.15 0.8 38.4 0 Significant Velocity OP 12 −0.06 0.17 0.8 31.2 0 Significant Total-P 12 0.06 0.26 0.9 124 <0.0001 Significant Nitrate-N 12 0.05 0.56 1 319 <0.0001 Significant Na 12 0.6 12.5 0.7 24.8 0 Significant K 12 0.88 2.07 0.5 9.61 0.01 Significant Total solids 12 −165.3 579 1 211 <0.0001 Significant TSS 12 −123 233 0.9 147 <0.0001 Significant TDS 12 −462.28 345 1 199 <0.0001 Significant Chloride 12 7.46 3.82 0.6 13.1 0 Significant Ca 12 −2.7 41.8 0.8 32.2 0 Significant Mg 12 0.3 8.25 0.6 15.9 0 Significant Alkalinity Nitrate-N 12 −0.03 0 0.6 12 0.01 Significant Organic-N 12 0.17 0.01 0.7 18.9 0 Significant Total-N 12 0.41 0.01 0.6 12.3 0.01 Significant T phosphorus Nitrate-N 12 −0.05 2.09 1 221 <0.0001 Significant Chloride 12 6.67 14.7 0.6 14.5 0 Significant Ca 12 −12.49 166 0.8 53.8 <0.0001 Significant Mg 12 −1.76 33.2 0.7 23.3 0 Significant Total solids 12 −256.5 2125 0.9 94.7 <0.0001 Significant T solids Chloride 12 8.63 0.01 0.6 12 0.01 Significant Ca 12 10.86 0.07 0.7 21.6 0 Significant Mg 12 3.09 0.01 0.5 10.8 0.01 Significant Na 12 4.74 0.02 0.6 16.4 0 Significant TDS K 12 1.19 0.01 0.5 9.1 0.01 Significant Ortho-P 12 −0.03 0 0.6 18.1 0 Significant Total-P 12 0.1 0 0.9 76.7 <0.0001 Significant Nitrate-N 12 0.14 0 0.9 117 <0.0001 Significant Conductivity 12 159.2 0.48 0.7 19.4 0 Significant Chloride 12 8.16 0.01 0.5 9.67 0.01 Significant Ca 12 4.89 0.11 0.7 20.1 0 Significant Mg 12 1.97 0.02 0.5 10.1 0.01 Significant Na 12 2.98 0.03 0.6 15.4 0 Significant