New USEPA water quality criteria by 2012: GOMA concerns and recommendations

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 718-733

  Gooch Moore, Janet ^a   Goodwin, Kelly D ^b,c   Dorsey, Carol ^d   Ellender, R D ^e   Mott, Joanna B ^f   Ornelas, Mark ^g   Sinigalliano, Chris ^b   Vincent, Bob ^h   Whiting, David ⁱ   Wolfe, Steven H ⁱ  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^g Alabama Department of Environmental Management   (United States)

^h FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

EPA water quality criteria; Epidemiology; Fecal indicators; Gulf of Mexico; Pathogens; Recreational waters

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECAL COLIFORM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRACKING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GULF OF MEXICO; LAW SUIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84856056545     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2011.156     Document Type: Review

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