Stormflow dynamics and loads of Escherichia coli in a large mixed land use catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-289

  McKergow, Lucy A ^a   Davies Colley, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Faecal indicator bacteria; Faecal microbes; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; DIRECT DEPOSITION; E. COLI; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FAECAL INDICATORS; FINE SEDIMENTS; GAIN INSIGHT; HIGH LOAD; IN-CHANNELS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; MICROBIAL LOADS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; STORM DYNAMICS; STORM EVENTS; STORM FLOW; STORM LOADS; TRANSFORMED VARIABLES; WATERBODIES;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMICS; LAND USE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STORMS; TURBIDITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; INTERPOLATION; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STORM; STREAMFLOW; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION;

MOTUEKA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949614422     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7480     Document Type: Article

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