Comparison of beach bacterial water quality indicator measurement methods

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 301-312

  Noble, Rachel T ^a   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b   Leecaster, Molly K ^c   McGee, Charles D ^d   Ritter, Kerry ^b   Walker, Kathy O ^e   Vainik, Patricia M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^e Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^f City of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial indicators; Beach water quality; Intercalibration; Microbiology; Variability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION;

MEMBRANE FILTRATION;

WATER QUALITY;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FERMENTATION; LABORATORY; MEMBRANE FILTER; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CALIBRATION; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0037272615     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021397529041     Document Type: Article

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