The effect of in-stream activities on the Njoro River, Kenya. Part II: Microbial water quality

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 729-737

  Yillia, Paul T ^a,b   Kreuzinger, Norbert ^b   Mathooko, Jude M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

In stream activities; Microbial water quality

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RIVER POLLUTION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; DRY WEATHERS; EFFECT OF IN; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; IN-STREAM ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; TOTAL-SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

RIVERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NJORO RIVER; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 48949105606     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.040     Document Type: Article

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