Exposing water samples to ultraviolet light improves fluorometry for detecting human fecal contamination

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3629-3642

  Hartel, Peter G ^a   Hagedorn, Charles ^c   McDonald, Jennifer L ^a   Fisher, Jared A ^a   Saluta, Michael A ^c   Dickerson Jr , Jerold W ^c   Gentit, Lisa C ^a   Smith, Steven L ^a   Mantripragada, Nehru S ^a   Ritter, Kerry J ^d   Belcher, Carolyn N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

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

^d SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial source tracking; Fecal indicator bacteria; Fluorescent whitening agents; Microbial source tracking; Optical brighteners; Targeted sampling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS; TARGETED SAMPLING; WATER SAMPLES;

FLUOROMETERS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; FLUOROMETERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; FLUOROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES MICROFLORA; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547587028     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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