Relationship between fecal indicators in sediment and recreational waters in a Danish estuary

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 13-21

  Roslev, Peter ^a   Bastholm, Søren ^a   Iversen, Niels ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

E. coli; Enterococci; Fecal indicators; Microbial source tracking; Sediment resuspension; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCI; FECAL INDICATORS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; STANOL ESTER; STEROL; STORM WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BATHING WATER; BIOMARKER; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FECAL COLIFORM; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PHENOTYPE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53149108590     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9715-y     Document Type: Article

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