Volunteer monitoring of E. coli in streams of the upper Midwestern United States: A comparison of methods

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 625-633

  Stepenuck, Kristine F ^a   Wolfson, Lois G ^b   Liukkonen, Barbara W ^c   Iles, Jerome M ^d   Grant, Timothy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Citizens; E. coli bacteria; Methods comparison; Streams; Volunteer monitoring

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN SCIENCE; CITIZENS; E. COLI; METHODS COMPARISON; STREAMS; VOLUNTEER MONITORING;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; RATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER POLLUTION;

SURFACE WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FECAL COLIFORM; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREAMWATER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952444585     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1483-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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