Erratum to "Evaluating potential applications of faecal sterols in distinguishing sources of faecal contamination from mixed faecal samples" [Water Res. 41 (2007) 16] (DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2007.04.006);Evaluating potential applications of faecal sterols in distinguishing sources of faecal contamination from mixed faecal samples

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3691-3700

  Shah, Vikaskumar G ^a   Hugh Dunstan, R ^a   Geary, Phillip M ^a   Coombes, Peter ^a   Roberts, Timothy K ^a   Von Nagy Felsobuki, Ellak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial source tracking (BST); Discriminant analysis; Faecal contamination; Faecal sterol ratio analyses (FSA); Faecal sterols; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL SOURCE TRACKING (BST); FAECAL STEROL RATIO ANALYSES (FSA); FAECAL STEROLS; HUMAN CONTRIBUTION;

CONTAMINATION;

24 ETHYLCOPROSTANOL; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; EPICOPROSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FECAL COLIFORM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STEROL; TRACKING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBIVORE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547437385     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.09.021     Document Type: Erratum

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