Study on a Comprehensive Method for Water Ecological Index Screening

Abstract:

The objective of this article is to apply an ecological indicator screening method, which is the Comprehensive Method for Water Ecological Index Screening (CMWEIS). CMWEIS is based on the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the Delphi Method (DM, a kind of expert investigation method). Not only the objective factors but also the subjective factors are considered. Using CMWEIS, the ecological indicators were sorted in the range of Liao River basin. 25 ecological indexes, 2 years’ observed data of the main stream of Liao River were considered. Ten specialists were invited to answer the designed questionnaires. After 5 times of screening, the score of each ecological index was provided and 11 indexes were selected. CMWEIS considered both the objective characters of the indicators and the subjective adjustment of the specialists. So the indexes selected by WEIDSM could reflect the ecological status well and truly. The model was programmed and all the statistical calculations were done by the computer. It could be expected that WEIDSM could give the sequence of ecological indicators quickly, so as to make ecological monitoring or evaluating more effectively.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1092-1093)
• Pages: 799-802
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1092-1093.799
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Yong Gang Huang, Xiao Min Hu*, Bin Hui Jiang
• Keywords: Ecological Index, Ecosystem, Index Screening, Index System, Liao River

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