Spatial and temporal bacterial quality of a lowland agricultural stream in northeast Scotland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 314-316, Issue , 2003, Pages 289-302

  Rodgers, P ^a   Soulsby, C ^a   Hunter, C ^a   Petry, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Faecal coliform bacteria; Health risk; Hydrology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

STREAM WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATCHMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; SANITATION; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 18144453448     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00061-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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