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Paute river basin

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Multivariate-statistics based selection of a benthic macroinvertebrate index for assessing water quality in the Paute River basin (Ecuador)
April 2020
Multivariate statistics -Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogies (SIMCA), Principal Components Analysis (PCA), Multiple Regression (MR)- were used to search for key biotic and water quality (WQ) variables within a dataset/matrix collected over a five-year period in the Paute River Basin (Ecuador). The results showed that the Elmidae-Plecoptera-Trichoptera (ElmPT) index was the most accurate biotic classifier. The reduction of the field monitored parameters could help designing more cost-effective but equally accurate future WQ monitoring schemes in the basin.
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  • Project
    • Phase 1
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    • Publications >
      • Cuenca >
        • Machangara River Basin
      • Guayas river basin
      • Chaguana river
      • Daule-Peripa reservoir
      • Portoviejo River
      • Ibarra
      • Galapagos Archipelago
      • Paute river basin
      • Other
    • PhD - Msc dissertations
  • Activities
    • ProAgua Webinar Series
    • ​IWA-IDB Innovation conference
    • Membership IWA Ecuador
  • Contact
  • VLIR Network Ecuador