Statewide empirical modeling of bacterial contamination of surface waters

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 583-591

  Wickham, James D ^a   Nash, Maliha S ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^a   Currey, Lee ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Watershed Modeling Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli (E. coli); Fecal coliform; Geospatial analysis; Nonpoint source pollution; Urbanization; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

FECAL COLIFORMS; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845253164     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb04477.x     Document Type: Article

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