Determination of faecal pollutants in Torrens and Patawalonga catchment waters in South Australia using faecal sterols

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 283-289

  Suprihatin, I ^a   Fallowfield, H ^a   Bentham, R ^a   Cromar, Nancy ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal sterols; Pollution; Water management

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CONTAMINATION;

FAECAL POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

BETASITOSTEROL; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; EPICOPROSTEROL; SITOSTANOL; STEROID; STEROL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; POLLUTION MONITORING; STEROID; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; EXTRACTION; FECES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SILYLATION; STEROL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TORRENS RIVER;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0038102612     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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