Environmental factors influencing the distribution of total and fecal coliform bacteria in six water storage reservoirs in the Pearl River Delta Region, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Hong, Huachang ^a   Qiu, Jianwen ^b   Liang, Yan ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coliform bacteria; Location; Physicochemical parameters; Rainfall; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL LEVELS; COLIFORMS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSELY POPULATED REGIONS; DRINKING WATER; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTERNAL INPUT; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORMS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REMOTE AREAS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL COLIFORMS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER STORAGE; WET AND DRY SEASONS; WET SEASON;

BACTERIOLOGY; DROUGHT; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PATHOGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RAINFALL; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASON; TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77952677211     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60160-1     Document Type: Article

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