Contrasts in concentrations and loads of conventional and alternative indicators of fecal contamination in coastal stormwater

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5229-5240

  Converse, Reagan R ^a   Piehler, Michael F ^a   Noble, Rachel T ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal Bacteroidesspp; Fecal indicator bacteria; Hydrologic factors; Source partitioning; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTEROIDES; CONDITION; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL BACTEROIDESSPP; FECAL CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGIC FACTOR; NORTH CAROLINA; SOURCE PARTITIONING; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATERS;

STORMS;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROGRAPH; OXYGENATION; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SCOUR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORMWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDES; COASTAL WATERS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIUM; FECES; FECES CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

DARE COUNTY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACTEROIDES SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052268129     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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