Microbiological water quality at non-human influenced reference beaches in southern California during wet weather

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-508

  Griffith, John F ^a   Schiff, Kenneth C ^a   Lyon, Gregory S ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Enterococcus; Fecal indicator bacteria; Non human; Reference beach; Total coliform

Indexed keywords

DRY WEATHERS; E. COLI; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HUMAN FECAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STORMWATER DISCHARGES; SURF ZONES; URBAN WET WEATHER DISCHARGES; WET WEATHER;

BEACHES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

BEACH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; THRESHOLD; WATER QUALITY; WET SEASON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77951497646     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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