Effects of land uses on fecal indicator bacteria in the water and soil of a tropical watershed

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 254-260

  Goto, Dustin K ^a   Yan, Tao ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal indicator bacteria; Land use; Soil; Water; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLICY; RIVER; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HAWAII; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; URBAN RENEWAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052432197     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11115     Document Type: Article

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