Distribution and sources of surfzone bacteria at Huntington Beach before and after disinfection on an ocean outfall - A frequency-domain analysis

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 494-510

  Noble, M A ^a   Xu, J P ^b   Robertson, G L ^c   Rosenfeld, L K ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliform; Enterococci; Huntington Beach; Periodograms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISINFECTION; DRAINAGE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; TIDES; WETTING;

COLIFORMS; ENTEROCOCCI; HUNTINGTON BEACH; PERIODOGRAMS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FECAL COLIFORM; RUNOFF; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES MICROFLORA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT;

BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CALIFORNIA; HUNTINGTON BEACH; NEWPORT BEACH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646708990     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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