Water quality and climate variability of urban and tourism areas in Thailand and northern Vietnam: correlations and possible influences on nearby coastal shrimp farms
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Author list: Kruatong N., Vinitnantharat S., Pham H.T., Giang P.T., Nghia N.H., Ninlaor N., Thepnoo K., Myint H.L., Pattanachan P., Neamchan R., Vu P.H., Wongsod S.
Publisher: Springer
Publication year: 2021
Journal: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (0167-6369)
Volume number: 193
Issue number: 12
Start page: 733
End page: 744
Number of pages: 12
ISSN: 0167-6369
eISSN: 1573-2959
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
This research explored the long-term relationships of climate parameters and coastal water quality nearby shrimp farms in two countries. In Thailand, two sampling points in canals located in Bangkok and Trang provinces were selected as the urban and tourism areas, respectively. In northern Vietnam, the canals located in Thai Binh and Quang Ninh provinces were used as the urban and tourism areas, respectively. The diurnal monitoring of water quality and weather was performed at each site to evaluate the relationships between climate and water quality, pollution load, and risk analysis. A questionnaire was also used to assess the climate and water exposure, vulnerability, and adaptability of each site. All data were ranked on a scale of 1 to 5 to integrate each factor. It was determined that the main water quality problem was fecal pollution. Notably, aquaculture farming in northern Vietnam is more vulnerable than in Thailand; however, Vietnam farmers were adaptable for climate variability. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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climate variability, coastal area, shrimp farm
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