Comparison of bacterial indicator analysis methods in stormwater-affected coastal waters

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1183-1188

  Noble, R T ^a   Leecaster, M K ^b   McGee, C D ^c   Weisberg, S B ^d   Ritter, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coliforms; E. coli; Enterococci; Indicator; Membrane filtration

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; STANDARDS; STORMS;

MEMBRANE FILTRATION (MF); MULTIPLE TUBE FERMENTATION (MTF);

WATER QUALITY;

STORM WATER;

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORY TEST; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; SEASHORE; STANDARDIZATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1242317828     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.11.038     Document Type: Article

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