Variability of E. coli density and sources in an urban watershed

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-106

  Wu, J ^a   Rees, P ^b   Dorner, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli; Land use; Microbial source tracking; Urban watershed; Variability; Wet weather

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; FRESH WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE EFFECT; FECAL COLIFORM; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIBOTYPING; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; URBAN WATERSHED; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WEATHER; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WILD ANIMAL;

BLACKSTONE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; POPULATION DENSITY; RIBOTYPING; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

EID: 79954514881     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.063     Document Type: Article

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