Temporal and spatial variability of fecal indicator bacteria in the surf zone off Huntington Beach, CA

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-493

  Rosenfeld, L K ^a   McGee, C D ^b   Robertson, G L ^b   Noble, M A ^c   Jones, B H ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Fecal indicator bacteria; Internal waves; Sewage effluent; Surf zone; Tides

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SURFACE WAVES; TIDES;

DIURNAL; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; INTERNAL WAVES; SURF ZONE;

BACTERIOLOGY;

FECAL COLIFORM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBB TIDE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FLOOD TIDE; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; WATER STANDARD;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646740987     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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