A study of fecal coliform sources at a coastal site using colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) as a water source tracer

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1507-1513

  Clark, Catherine D ^a   O'Connor, Adam P ^a   Foley, Denise M ^a   de Bruyn, Warren J ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; CDOM; Coastal; Fecal indicator bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIRDS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (CDOM); FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIAS; MARINE BIRDS;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

ABSORPTION; BIOINDICATOR; COLOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EMISSION; FECAL COLIFORM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; SEABIRD; SURF ZONE; TEMPERATURE; TRACER; WATER MASS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FLUORESCENCE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLOR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35548929772     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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