Pilot- and bench-scale testing of faecal indicator bacteria survival in marine beach sand near point sources

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-84

  Mika, K B ^a   Imamura, G ^a   Chang, C ^a   Conway, V ^b   Fernandez, G ^c   Griffith, J F ^d   Kampalath, R A ^a   Lee, C M ^a   Lin, C C ^a   Moreno, R ^a   Thompson, S ^b   Whitman, R L ^e   Jay, J A ^a,f  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^c USGS Great Lakes Science Center ^*  (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^e USGS Great Lakes Science Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Detection; Disinfection; Indicators; Soil; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIODEGRADATION; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIXING; SEWAGE; SOIL TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

%MOISTURE; BEACH SAND; BENCH-SCALE TESTING; DETECTION; DOMINANT FACTOR; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MARINE BEACHES; MECHANICAL MIXING; NEAREST POINT; PILOT-SCALE TESTING;

SAND;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FECES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERSISTENCE; POINT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREDATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SUN EXPOSURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 66849115316     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04197.x     Document Type: Article

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