Modelling storm-event E. coli pulses from the Motueka and Sherry Rivers in the South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-393

  Wilkinson, R J ^a,c   McKergow, L A ^b   Davies Colley, R J ^b   Ballantine, D J ^b   Young, R G ^c  

^a CRP Henri Tudor ^*  (Luxembourg)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

conceptual diagram; dynamic response; faecal contamination; integrated catchment management; mechanistic model; Motueka River; storm event; supply limited; water quality modelling

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BATHING WATER; BEACH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HETEROGENEITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE POLLUTION; NONLINEARITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REAL TIME; RIVER BED; RIVER PLUME; SHELLFISH; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

MOTUEKA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; SHERRY RIVER; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN; TASMAN BAY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052328231     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2011.592839     Document Type: Article

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