Levels and patterns of fecal indicator bacteria in stormwater runoff from homogenous land use sites and urban watersheds

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-290

  Tiefenthaler, Liesl ^a   Stein, Eric D ^a   Schiff, Kenneth C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Event mean concentration; Land use sources; Mass emissions; Southern California; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

STORM WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; LAND USE; PEAK FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORMWATER;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; RAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79958711782     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.056     Document Type: Article

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