Modelling the faecal coliform concentrations in the Bilbao estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 213-219

  García Barcina, Jose M ^a   Oteiza, Mikel ^a   De la Sota, Alejandro ^a  

^a EDAR de Galindo ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bathing waters; Faecal coliforms; Modelling; Sewerage scheme

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; MODELING; SEWER NETWORK;

SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037095952     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020317309634     Document Type: Article

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