Pore water transport of enterococci out of beach sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2293-2298

  Phillips, Matthew C ^a,b   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^a,b   Reniers, A J H M ^a,c   Wang, John D ^a,c   Kiger, Russell T ^b   Abdel Mottaleb, Noha ^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; Columns; Enterococci; Pore water; Sand cores

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT RAINFALL; BEACH SAND; BEACH SEDIMENTS; COLUMN SYSTEMS; ENTEROCOCCI; FRESH WATER; PORE WATERS; RAIN EVENTS; RELEASE PATTERN; SAND CORES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; RAIN; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER;

BEACHES;

FRESH WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FLOW CONTROL; POREWATER; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BATHING BEACHES; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FLORIDA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 81355133975     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.049     Document Type: Article

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