Agricultural land-use effects on the indicator bacterial quality of an upland stream in the Derbyshire peak district in the U.K.

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3577-3586

  Hunter, Colin ^a   Perkins, Joy ^b   Tranter, Jamie ^b   Gunn, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Catchment; Indicator; Land use; Streamwater; Uplands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMARKERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

SURFACE WATER; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOIL POLLUTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032828438     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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