Bacteria in beach sands: An emerging challenge in protecting coastal water quality and bather health

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 370-379

  Halliday, Elizabeth ^a   Gast, Rebecca J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BEACH MONITORING; BEACH SAND; COASTAL WATER QUALITY; CONTEXTUALIZE; DRY SAND; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL INDICATORS; POLICY DECISIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; RECREATIONAL BEACHES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; HEALTH; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BEACHES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WATER QUALITY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIARDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SAND; SEASHORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FECES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78651381286     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102747s     Document Type: Article

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