Investigation of an Escherichia coli environmental benchmark for waterborne pathogens in agricultural watersheds in canada

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Edge, T A ^a   El Shaarawi, A ^a   Gannon, V ^b   Jokinen, C ^b   Kent, R ^a   Khan, I U H ^a   Koning, W ^c   Lapen, D ^d   Miller, J ^d   Neumann, N ^e   Phillips, R ^a   Robertson, W ^f   Schreier, H ^g   Scott, A ^d   Shtepani, I ^e   Topp, E ^d   Wilkes, G ^d   van Bochove, E ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SITES; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANNUAL MEAN; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL BENCHMARKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FIELD STUDIES; GEOMETRIC MEAN VALUE; GIARDIA; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; PATHOGEN SPECIES; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; REFERENCE SITES; SALMONELLA SPP; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS; WILDLIFE HEALTH;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; LANDFORMS; PATHOGENS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANADA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; WATERSHED; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARD; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; SALMONELLA;

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; BENCHMARKING; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84857099919     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0253     Document Type: Article

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