Mapping of critical source areas for diffuse fecal bacterial pollution in extensively grazed watersheds

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3847-3860

  Trevisan, Dominique ^a   Dorioz, Jean Marcel ^a   Poulenard, Jérome ^b   Quetin, Philippe ^a   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^c   Merot, Philippe ^d  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

^d UMR SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial transfer; Cowpats; Critical source area; Distributed model; Escherichia coli; Fecal bacteria; Hydrodynamics; Pasture; Runoff; Variable source area; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW OF WATER; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PIXELS; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL TRANSFER; COWPAT; CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; FECAL BACTERIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NATURAL GRASSLAND; PASTURE; VARIABLE SOURCE AREAS; WATERSHED OUTFLOW;

WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATER; RAIN;

FECAL COLIFORM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAPPING; MICROORGANISM; OUTFLOW; RUNOFF; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE WATER; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLIMATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; GRAZING; LAND USE; MANURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FECES; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; RAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77953806477     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.04.039     Document Type: Article

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