Modeling Enterococcus densities measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and membrane filtration using environmental conditions at four Great Lakes beaches

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4947-4955

  Telech, Justin W ^a   Brenner, Kristen P ^b   Haugland, Rich ^b   Sams, Elizabeth ^a   Dufour, Alfred P ^b   Wymer, Larry ^b   Wade, Timothy J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Great Lakes; Liner regression; Membrane filtration; QPCR

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; LAKES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GREAT LAKES; LINER REGRESSION; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUMMER MONTHS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

BEACHES;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MODELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTER; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 71549135537     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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