Selection of parameters in the design of beach coastal water quality monitoring programs Selection of parameters in the design of beach coastal water quality monitoring programs

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dc.creator Tosic, Marko
dc.creator Narváez-Flórez, Silvia
dc.creator Parra, Juan Pablo
dc.date 2014-12-23
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dc.description Water quality analyses form an important part of a beach monitoring program in order to ensure the water’s recreational adequacy, aesthetic value, and ecosystem health. While the inclusion of multiple water quality parameters in the program’s design allows for comprehensive analyses, limiting the number of parameters included may be beneficial to balance costs and permit sufficient spatio-temporal sampling. In order to inform decision-making with regards to the selection of parameters, this study presents an analysis of the relationships between 16 water quality parameters, based on data collected from 61 beaches of the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Colombia between 2001 and 2011. Correlation coefficients show moderate to very strong relationships among parameters related to water clarity (turbidity, transparency, total suspended solids) and among microbiological parameters, suggesting that the number of these parameters selected for monitoring could be reduced. In consideration of these results as well as other factors such as costs, technical complexity of analyses, and the identification of established reference values, it is recommended that a beach water quality monitoring program include as a minimum, the basic in situ  arameters (temperature, salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen), one parameter related to water clarity (turbidity),  and at least one microbiological parameter (Enterococos o Escherichia coli). Selection of the specific parameters to be included will depend largely on the technical capacity to measure each parameter, the reference values identified  or comparison, available financial resources, as well as the specific priorities and local characteristics of each beach. en-US
dc.description Water quality analyses form an important part of a beach monitoring program in order to ensure the water’s recreational adequacy, aesthetic value, and ecosystem health. While the inclusion of multiple water quality parameters in the program’s design allows for comprehensive analyses, limiting the number of parameters included may be beneficial to balance costs and permit sufficient spatio-temporal sampling. In order to inform decision-making with regards to the selection of parameters, this study presents an analysis of the relationships between 16 water quality parameters, based on data collected from 61 beaches of the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Colombia between 2001 and 2011. Correlation coefficients show moderate to very strong relationships among parameters related to water clarity (turbidity, transparency, total suspended solids) and among microbiological parameters, suggesting that the number of these parameters selected for monitoring could be reduced. In consideration of these results as well as other factors such as costs, technical complexity of analyses, and the identification of established reference values, it is recommended that a beach water quality monitoring program include as a minimum, the basic in situ  arameters (temperature, salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen), one parameter related to water clarity (turbidity),  and at least one microbiological parameter (Enterococos o Escherichia coli). Selection of the specific parameters to be included will depend largely on the technical capacity to measure each parameter, the reference values identified  or comparison, available financial resources, as well as the specific priorities and local characteristics of each beach.   es-ES
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dc.identifier https://revistas.unimagdalena.edu.co/index.php/intropica/article/view/731
dc.identifier.uri https://repositorio.unimagdalena.edu.co/handle/123456789/13766
dc.language spa
dc.publisher Universidad del Magdalena es-ES
dc.relation https://revistas.unimagdalena.edu.co/index.php/intropica/article/view/731/704
dc.source Intropica; January-December of 2013 - Vol. 8; 43 - 51 en-US
dc.source Intropica; Volumen 8, enero-diciembre de 2013; 43 - 51 es-ES
dc.source 2389-7864
dc.source 1794-161X
dc.subject Water quality es-ES
dc.subject beach tourism es-ES
dc.subject monitoring program es-ES
dc.title Selection of parameters in the design of beach coastal water quality monitoring programs en-US
dc.title Selection of parameters in the design of beach coastal water quality monitoring programs es-ES
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