Modeling of Pathogen Indicator Organisms in a Small-Scale Agricultural Catchment Using SWAT

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-253

  Coffey, Rory ^a   Dorai Raj, Siobhán ^b   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^b   Cormican, Martin ^b   Cummins, Enda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

catchment modeling; Escherichia coli; Ireland; microbial contamination; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871870143     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.701983     Document Type: Article

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