Planning level evaluation of densities and sources of indicator bacteria in a mixed land use watershed

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Irvine, K N ^a   Pettibone, G W ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria sources; Buffalo River, N.Y; Fecal coliform; Fecal streptococci ratio; Indicator bacteria; Runoff pollution

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMBINED SEWERS; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BUFFALO RIVER; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; INDICATOR BACTERIA; RUNOFF POLLUTION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL DENSITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SEWER OUTFALL; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0030022347     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331708616355     Document Type: Article

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