Detection and remediation of human-origin pollution at two public beaches in Virginia using multiple source tracking methods

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3758-3770

  Dickerson Jr , J W ^a   Hagedorn, C ^a   Hassall, A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance analysis; Fecal pollution; Fluorometry; Microbial source tracking; Optical brighteners; Recreational water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUOROMETERS; GELS; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

FECAL POLLUTION; HUMAN-ORIGIN POLLUTION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS;

PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

ANTIBIOTICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUOROMETERS; GELS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BEACH; DETECTION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; FLUOROMETRY; REMEDIATION; TRACKING; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SAMPLING;

NEWPORT NEWS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 34547478796     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.02.055     Document Type: Article

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