Sources and growth dynamics of fecal indicator bacteria in a coastal wetland system and potential impacts to adjacent waters

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 475-486

  Evanson, Melissa ^a,b   Ambrose, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecal indicator bacteria; Sediment; Surf zone; Water quality; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; ORGANIC CONTENT; SURF ZONE;

WETLANDS;

BACTERIOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

COASTAL ZONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SURF ZONE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GRAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 31744438777     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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