Impacts of rainfall on the water quality of the Newport River Estuary (Eastern North Carolina, USA)

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-482

  Coulliette, Angela D ^a   Noble, Rachel T ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Enterococcus; Estuaries; Fecal indicator bacteria; Rainfall; Water quality

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SHELLFISH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WEATHER;

EID: 59449088509     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.136     Document Type: Article

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