Geografie 2024, 129, 15-41
https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie.2024.003
Water quality evaluation of the Danube River basin in Bačka (northern Serbia) using multivariate statistical techniques
Nikola Milentijević1
, Milana Pantelić2, Sanja Obradović2, Mirjana Radulović3, Dušan Ristić1, Vladimir Stojanović2, Dragan Dolinaj2
, Milana Pantelić2, Sanja Obradović2, Mirjana Radulović3, Dušan Ristić1, Vladimir Stojanović2, Dragan Dolinaj2
1University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Geography, Kosovska Mitrovica
2University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad, Serbia
3University of Novi Sad, BioSense Institute, The Research and Development Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, Novi Sad, Serbia
Received June 2023
Accepted January 2024
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