Bathing water signage and predictive water quality models in Scotland

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-186

  McPhail, Calum D ^a   Stidson, Ruth T ^a  

^a SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advisory notices; Bathing waters; EU Bathing Water Directive 2006; Faecal indicator organisms; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449344706     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980902907540     Document Type: Article

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