Importance of interactions between the water column and the sediment for microbial concentrations in streams

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4579-4589

  Rehmann, Chris R ^a   Soupir, Michelle L ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Deposition; Microbial fate; Microbial transport; Resuspension; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTACHMENT; MAIN PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL FATE; MICROBIAL TRANSPORT; ONE DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE MODELS; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; WATER COLUMNS;

WATER QUALITY;

RIVER WATER;

ADVECTION; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE; STREAM (RIVER); UNCERTAINTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 71749085480     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.049     Document Type: Article

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