Storm effects on regional beach water quality along the southern California shoreline

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Noble, Rachel T ^a   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b   Leecaster, Molly K ^c   McGee, Charles D ^d   Dorsey, John H ^e   Vainik, Patricia ^f   Orozco Borbón, Victoria ^g  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (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 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f City of San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coliform; Enterococcus; Indicator bacteria; Runoff; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SWIMMING; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RAIN; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 1242290654     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2003.0004     Document Type: Article

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