Spatial and temporal variation in indicator microbe sampling is influential in beach management decisions

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2237-2246

  Enns, Amber A ^a,b   Vogel, Laura J ^a,b   Abdelzaher, Amir M ^a,b   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^a,b   Plano, Lisa R W ^a,c   Gidley, Maribeth L ^a,d   Phillips, Matthew C ^a,b   Klaus, James S ^a,e   Piggot, Alan M ^a,e   Feng, Zhixuan ^a,e   Reniers, Ad J H M ^a,e   Haus, Brian K ^a,e   Elmir, Samir M ^f   Zhang, Yifan ^a,b   Jimenez, Nasly H ^a,b   Abdel Mottaleb, Noha ^a,b   Schoor, Michael E ^a,b   Brown, Alexis ^a   Khan, Sumbul Q ^b   Dameron, Adrienne S ^c   Salazar, Norma C ^c   Fleming, Lora E ^a,g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f Miami Dade Health Department Division of Environmental Health and Engineering   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beaches; Enterococci; Management; S. aureus; Variability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; HEALTH RISKS; MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND;

ENTEROCOCCI; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; S. AUREUS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIABILITY;

DECISION MAKING;

RAIN;

BACTERIUM; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BIOINDICATOR; HEALTH RISK; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SAND; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIDE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862777310     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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