Reducing fluxes of faecal indicator compliance parameters to bathing waters from diffuse agricultural sources: The Brighouse Bay study, Scotland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-149

  Kay, D ^a   Aitken, M ^b   Crowther, J ^a   Dickson, I ^b   Edwards, A C ^c   Francis, C ^d   Hopkins, M ^a   Jeffrey, W ^b   Kay, C ^a   McDonald, A T ^e   McDonald, D ^a   Stapleton, C M ^a   Watkins, J ^d   Wilkinson, J ^f   Wyer, M D ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CREH ANALYTICAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural diffuse pollution; Bathing water; Coliform; Enterococci; Export coefficient; Faecal indicator bacteria; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL DIFFUSE POLLUTION; BATHING WATER; COLIFORM; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EXPORT COEFFICIENT; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BATHING WATER; COMPLIANCE; CONTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FECAL COLIFORM; MARINE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PROTECTED AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; BATHING BEACHES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FECES; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

BRIGHOUSE BAY; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847363678     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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