Discharge of Escherichia coli from agricultural surface and subsurface drainage water: Tillage effects

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Thiagarajan, A ^a   Gordon, R ^a   Madani, A ^a   Stratton, G W ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; E. coli; Fecal coliform; No tillage; Nonpoint pollution; Water quality; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER QUALITY;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; FECAL COLIFORM; NONPOINT POLLUTION; ZERO TILLAGE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DRAINAGE WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANURE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MANURE; NO TILLAGE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248350320     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9300-1     Document Type: Article

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