Faecal bacterial loads during flood events in Northwestern Mediterranean coastal rivers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 501-511

  Chu, Yin ^a,c   Salles, Christian ^a   Tournoud, Marie George ^a   Got, Patrice ^b   Troussellier, Marc ^b   Rodier, Claire ^a   Caro, Audrey ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial sources; Faecal bacteria; Flood dynamics; Flood loads; Land use; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SOURCE; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORMS; FAECAL BACTERIA; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FLOOD EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; INDICATOR BACTERIA; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; PEAK DISCHARGE; POLLUTION SOURCES; RECESSION PERIOD; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL MODELS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; THERMOTOLERANT;

BACTERIA; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ETANG DE THAU; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 79960436391     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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