Bioassessment of dry season water quality in the Ping River around Chiang Mai city, Thailand

• Main Authors: Tomoaki Itayama", Peter R Hawkins, Pongpan Leelahakriengkrai, Songyot Kullasoot, Niwooti Whangchai, Chanagun Chitmanat, Yuwadee Peerapornpisal, Zen’ichiro Kawabata
• Language: English
• Published: Science Faculty of Chiang Mai University 2019
• Subjects: bioassessment; benthic diatom; littoral macroinvertebrate; human impact; Ping River
• Online Access: http://it.science.cmu.ac.th/ejournal/dl.php?journal_id=5757; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/66806
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

A longitudinal transect along the Ping River around Chiang Mai city was made during the dry season of 2010 to assess the extent and location of human impacts on water quality. The grab samples showed water quality within the urban area was poorer than upstream. However, physico chemical analyses did...