Predicting the fate and transport of E. COLI in two texas river basins using a spatially referenced regression model

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 928-944

  Puri, Deepti ^a   Karthikeyan, R ^a   Babbar Sebens, M ^a  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Fecal coliform; Model selection; Regression; SPARROW; TMDL; Water quality

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; MODEL SELECTION; REGRESSION; SPARROW; TMDL;

CATCHMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; GUADALUPE; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANTONIO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68749083821     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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