Temporal variations of Escherichia coli concentrations in a large Midwestern river

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 365, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Schilling, Keith E ^a   Zhang, You Kuan ^b   Hill, Dennis R ^c   Jones, Christopher S ^c   Wolter, Calvin F ^a  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c DES MOINES WATER WORKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria TMDL; Coliform; Escherichia coli; Indicator organisms; Public water supply

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS; BACTERIA TMDL; COLIFORM; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; COVARIANCE FUNCTIONS; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; FLOW CONDITIONS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MEAN VALUES; MONITORING STRATEGIES; MOST PROBABLE NUMBERS; POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCES; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; ROW CROPS; SEASONALITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; TEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TIME SERIES; VARIOGRAM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOINDICATOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISCHARGE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONALITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

IOWA; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; RACCOON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROCYON;

EID: 58349101324     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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