Environmental factors influencing the abundance of enterococci in Gulf Coast beach waters

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1130-1137

  Chenier, Kevin M ^a   Gutierrez Wing, M Teresa ^a   Deng, Zhi Qiang ^a   Rusch, Kelly A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Beaches; Gulf of Mexico; Public health; Sea water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BEACH SAND; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NEARSHORES; SEAWATER SAMPLES; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

BACTERIA; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

BEACHES;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BEACH; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84868534991     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000571     Document Type: Article

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