Modelling Cryptosporidium oocysts transport in small ungauged agricultural catchments

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3665-3680

  Tang, Jialiang ^a,c   McDonald, Stephen ^a   Peng, Xinhua ^d   Samadder, Sukha R ^a,e   Murphy, Thomas M ^b   Holden, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural catchments; Cryptosporidium oocyst; Stream flow; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; SWAT;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; SWATH BATHYMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IRELAND; MANURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VECTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

IRELAND;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 79958765300     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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