Towards measuring particle-associated fecal indicator bacteria in tropical streams

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1501-1515

  Plancherel, Yves ^a   Cowen, James P ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Clostridium perfringens; Enterococcus; Membrane filtration; Particle associated; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FILTRATION; PATHOGENS; WATER QUALITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BACTERIA; FILTRATION; PATHOGENS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEMBRANE; STREAM; TROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; WATER SAMPLING;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 33847638541     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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