Coupled physical, chemical, and microbiological measurements suggest a connection between internal waves and surf zone water quality in the Southern California Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-78

  Wong, Simon H C ^a   Santoro, Alyson E ^b   Nidzieko, Nicholas J ^b   Hench, James L ^c   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach water quality; Cross shelf transport; Fecal indicator bacteria; Internal waves; Nutrients; Southern California Bight

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BEACH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; INTERNAL WAVE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOORING SYSTEM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SURF ZONE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCLINE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; HUNTINGTON BEACH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES;

EID: 84855537072     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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