Enterococci concentrations in diverse coastal environments exhibit extreme variability

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8227-8232

  Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ERROR ANALYSIS;

MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; RAPID DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ERROR ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POWER LAW; SAMPLING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 37249063814     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071807v     Document Type: Article

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