Bacteriophages as surface and ground water tracers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-110

  Rossi, Pierre ^a   Dörfliger, Nathalie ^a   Kennedy, Keith ^a   Müller, Imre ^a   Aragno, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0345130070     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2-101-1998     Document Type: Article

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