Pathogen indicator microbes and heavy metals in lake pontchartrain following Hurricane Katrina

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 5904-5910

  Hou, Aixin ^a   Laws, Edward A ^a   Gambrell, Robert P ^a   Bae, Hee Sung ^a   Tan, Meihuey ^a   Delaune, Ronald D ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Roberts, Harry ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODWATERS; STORM SURGE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

DEWATERING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HEAVY METALS; PATHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; DNA; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DEWATERING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HEAVY METALS; PATHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIUM; FLOODING; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PATHOGEN; SEDIMENT; STORM SURGE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISASTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOODING; HURRICANE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METAL RECOVERY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; DISASTERS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LOUISIANA; METALS; NATURAL DISASTERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 33749390992     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060946u     Document Type: Article

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