Demonstration of microbial transport into the capillary fringe via advection from below the water table

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 306, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 50-58

  Dunn, Andrea M ^a   Silliman, Stephen E ^a   Dhamwichukorn, Srisuda ^b,c   Kulpa, Charles F ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Advection in capillary fringe; Bacterial transport; Capillary fringe; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRAULICS; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; STEADY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FRINGE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS (GFP); MICROBIAL TRANSPORT; WATER TABLE;

CAPILLARITY;

ADVECTION; CAPILLARY FLOW; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ADVECTION; BACTERIUM; CAPILLARY FRINGE; GROUNDWATER; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18844443142     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.08.035     Document Type: Article

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