Variability, seasonality, and persistence of fecal coliform bacteria in a cold-region, urban stream

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 54-75

  Schnabel, William E ^a   Wilson, Tammie ^b   Edwards, Ryon ^b   Stahnke, Graham ^b   Maselko, Maciej ^b   Maddux, David C ^c   Duddleston, Khrystyne N ^b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c Applied Wetlands Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbes; Storm water management; Wasteload allocation; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORMS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; SEASONALITY; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENT; STORMWATERS; URBAN STREAM; WASTELOAD; WASTELOAD ALLOCATION; WATER SAMPLES;

COLIFORM BACTERIA; LANDFORMS; MICROORGANISMS; STORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

COLD REGION; FECAL COLIFORM; STORMWATER; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; ANCHORAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954160839     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000013     Document Type: Article

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