Partitioning and fate of particle-associated E. coli in river waters

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Garcia Armisen, Tamara ^a   Servais, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase activity; Microbiological water quality; Rivers, E. Coli; Settling rate; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RIVERS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

E. COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; SETTLING RATE; SUSPENDED MATTERS;

WATER RESOURCES;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; RIVER WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; RIVER WATER; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 60349121547     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X304613     Document Type: Article

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