Spatially explicit load enrichment calculation tool to identify potential E. coli sources in watersheds

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1109-1120

  Teague, A ^a   Karthikeyan, R ^a,b   Babbar Sebens, M ^d   Srinivasan, R ^b   Persyn, R A ^c  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Antonio River Authority   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Fecal bacteria; Impaired streams; Spatial statistics; TMDL

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFORMATION USE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FECAL BACTERIA; IMPAIRED STREAMS; SPATIAL STATISTICS; TMDL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN;

WATER POLLUTION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 69549130645     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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