Sources of faecal indicator bacteria in a brackish, tropical stream and their impact on recreational water quality

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Roll, B M ^a   Fujioka, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; E. coli; Enterococci; Faecal coliform; Faecal indicator; Water standards

Indexed keywords

FAECAL COLIFORM; FAECAL INDICATOR; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY;

BEACHES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; INLAND WATERWAYS; SEWAGE BACTERIOLOGY;

WATER QUALITY;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BATHING WATERS; FAECAL COLIFORM; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; RECREATION; SOIL; SWIMMING; TROPICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

USA, HAWAII, KAILVA BEACH;

ANAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030824439     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00255-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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