PMID- 16245828
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060608
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 19
DP  - 2005 Oct 1
TI  - Estuarial fingerprinting through multidimensional fluorescence and multivariate 
      analysis.
PG  - 7560-7
AB  - As part of a strategy for preventing the introduction of aquatic nuisance species 
      (ANS) to U.S. estuaries, ballast water exchange (BWE) regulations have been 
      imposed. Enforcing these regulations requires a reliable method for determining 
      the port of origin of water in the ballast tanks of ships entering U.S. waters. 
      This study shows that a three-dimensional fluorescence fingerprinting technique, 
      excitation emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy, holds great promise as a ballast 
      water analysis tool. In our technique, EEMs are analyzed by multivariate 
      classification and curve resolution methods, such as N-way partial least squares 
      Regression-discriminant analysis (NPLS-DA) and parallel factor analysis 
      (PARAFAC). We demonstrate that classification techniques can be used to 
      discriminate among sampling sites less than 10 miles apart, encompassing Boston 
      Harbor and two tributaries in the Mystic River Watershed. To our knowledge, this 
      work is the first to use multivariate analysis to classify water as to location 
      of origin. Furthermore, it is shown that curve resolution can show seasonal 
      features within the multidimensional fluorescence data sets, which correlate with 
      difficulty in classification.
FAU - Hall, Gregory J
AU  - Hall GJ
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, 
      Massachusetts 02155, USA.
FAU - Clow, Kerin E
AU  - Clow KE
FAU - Kenny, Jonathan E
AU  - Kenny JE
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Classification
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Geography
MH  - Massachusetts
MH  - Models, Statistical
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Rivers
MH  - *Ships
MH  - Spectrometry, Fluorescence/methods
MH  - Water/*analysis
EDAT- 2005/10/26 09:00
MHDA- 2006/06/09 09:00
CRDT- 2005/10/26 09:00
PHST- 2005/10/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/06/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/10/26 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/es0503074 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2005 Oct 1;39(19):7560-7. doi: 10.1021/es0503074.