Quo vadis source tracking? Towards a strategic framework for environmental monitoring of fecal pollution

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3539-3552

  Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a   Bambic, Dustin G ^b   Edge, Thomas A ^c   Wuertz, Stefan ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Larry Walker Associates   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial source tracking; Microbial water quality; Non point source pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADEQUATE MANAGEMENT; FECAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; POLYMERASE CHAIN; SOURCE TRACKING;

PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

BACTERIA; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRACKING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHIP; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKER; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; TECHNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34547476651     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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