Delineation of a chemical and biological signature for stormwater pollution in an urban river

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-262

  Salmore, Alissa K ^a   Hollis, Erika J ^a   McLellan, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Combined sewer overflows; E. coli; Fecal pollution; Microbial source tracking; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CHROMIUM; KANAMYCIN; LEAD; METAL; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; STORM WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFATHIAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; STORMWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; RIVER; SANITATION; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745261818     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/WH.2006.0021     Document Type: Article

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