Efficacy of Bacteroides measurements for reducing the statistical uncertainty associated with hydrologic flow and fecal loads in a mixed use watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1324-1330

  Gentry, Randall W ^a   Layton, Alice C ^a   McKay, Larry D ^a   McCarthy, John F ^a   Williams, Dan E ^a   Koirala, Shesh R ^b   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOVINE-SPECIFIC BACTEROIDES (BOBAC); KARSTIC GEOLOGIC REGION; TOTAL BACTEROIDES (ALLBAC); WILDLIFE FECAL INPUTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HYDROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; CATTLE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTEROIDES; BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548734825     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0496     Document Type: Article

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