Factors influencing the challenges of modelling and treating fecal indicator bacteria in surface waters

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Surbeck, Cristiane Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Ecological mechanisms; Escherichia coli; Fecal indicator bacteria; Pathogens; Sediments; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949713042     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.98     Document Type: Note

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