Assessing fecal coliform fate and transport in a coastal watershed using HSPF

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1096-1102

  Rolle, Kenya ^a   Gitau, Margaret W ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Chauhan, Ashvini ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida A and M University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal watershed; Fecal coliform; HSPF; Nonpoint pollution; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERSHEDS; FECAL COLIFORM; HSPF; NONPOINT POLLUTIONS; WATERSHED MODELLING;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; LANDFORMS; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHEDS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FECAL COLIFORM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION PROGRAM FORTRAN; LIVESTOCK; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864402761     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.282     Document Type: Article

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