Effects of agricultural management, land use, and watershed scale on E. coli concentrations in runoff and streamflow

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1833-1841

  Harmel, R Daren ^a   Karthikeyan, R ^b   Gentry, Terry ^c   Srinivasan, Rajani ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal bacteria; Surface water; TMDL; Water quality; Watershed planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; DAIRY COMPOSTS; E. COLI; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FIELD SCALE; HUMAN HEALTH; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ONSITE SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RE-SUSPENSION; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF AND STREAMFLOW; RURAL WATERSHEDS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; STREAMBEDS; TMDL; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHED MODELS; WATERSHED PLANNING; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; GRAZING; HEALTH RISK; LAND USE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

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

EID: 78649515481     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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