Bacteriological water quality in and around lake Pontchartrain following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1306, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Demcheck, Dennis K ^a   Stoeckel, Donald M ^a   Bushon, Rebecca N ^a   Blehert, David S ^b   Hippe, Daniel J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857298963     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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