Surface water quality along the central John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: Coliforms and algae

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Ursem, Carling ^a   Evans, C Scott ^b   Ger, Kemal Ali ^c   Richards, John R ^c   Derlet, Robert W ^c  

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ALGA; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; LAKE; LAND USE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE; ALTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CAMPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77049084726     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1037     Document Type: Article

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