Impact of urbanization and agriculture on the occurrence of bacterial pathogens and stx genes in coastal waterbodies of central California

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1752-1762

  Walters, Sarah P ^a   Thebo, Anne L ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bacteroidales; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Fecal indicator bacteria; Loading; Salmonella; Stx; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; LAND USE; LOADING; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; RIVERS; SALMONELLA; URBAN GROWTH;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BACTEROIDALES; COASTAL OCEAN WATERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; POPULATION DENSITIES; URBANIZATION; WATER CHARACTERISTICS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RAIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MARINE POLLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIN; URBANIZATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTEROIDALES; BOVIDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; LAGOON; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; SALMONELLA; SEA; STREAM (RIVER); SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 78651455291     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.032     Document Type: Article

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