Influence of coastal processes on high fecal coliform counts in the Mississippi Sound

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1515-1526

  Ufnar, David ^a   Ufnar, Jennifer A ^a   Ellender, R D ^a   Rebarchik, Dawn ^b   Stone, Gregory ^c  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial source tracking; Coastal; Estuarine beaches; Fecal coliform bacteria; Storms

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; LONGSHORE CURRENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; HARRISON COUNTY [MISSISSIPPI]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845711395     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0434.1     Document Type: Article

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