Relationships between sand and water quality at recreational beaches

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6763-6769

  Phillips, Matthew C ^a,b   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^a,b   Piggot, Alan M ^a,c   Klaus, James S ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach sand; Enterococci; Marine water

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MULTIPLE ZONES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

BEACH SAND; BEACH WATER QUALITIES; ENTEROCOCCI; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; MARINE WATERS; RECREATIONAL BEACHES; RECREATIONAL WATER; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY;

BEACHES;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RESERVOIR; SAND; SEASHORE; TIDE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

BROWARD COUNTY; DADE COUNTY [FLORIDA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355122650     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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