Assessment of the origin of microbiological contamination of groundwater at a rural watershed in Chile;Determinación del origen de la contaminación microbiológica del agua subterránea en una cuenca rural en Chile

Agrociencia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Valenzuela, Mariela ^a   Mondaca, María A ^b   Claret, Marcelino ^c   Pérez, Claudio ^c   Lagos, Bernardo ^b   Parra, Oscar ^a  

^a Environmental Sciences Center EULA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fecal coliforms; Fecal streptococci; Groundwater; Microbiological contamination; Total coliforms

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77449147804     PISSN: 14053195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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