Geografie 2021, 126, 55-73

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2021126010055

Statistical analysis of water quality parameters in the basin of the Nišava River (Serbia) in the period 2009–2018

Ljiljana Stričević1ID, Mila Pavlović2ID, Ivan Filipović1ID, Aleksandar Radivojević1ID, Nataša Martić Bursać1ID, Milena Gocić1ID

1University of Niš, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of geography, Niš, Serbia
2University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Serbia

Received July 2020
Accepted January 2021

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