Relationship between rainfall and beach bacterial concentrations on Santa Monica Bay beaches

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-87

  Ackerman, Drew ^a   Weisberg, Stephen B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; Beach water quality; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SEA WATER;

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

BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 1642473330     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2003.0010     Document Type: Article

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