An assessment of fecal indicator and other bacteria from an urbanized coastal lagoon in the City of Los Angeles, California, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2647-2669

  Dorsey, John H ^a   Carmona Galindo, Víctor D ^a   Leary, Christopher ^a   Huh, Julie ^b,c   Valdez, Jennifer ^a,d  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marlborough School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Fecal indicator bacteria; Microbial ecology; Pathogenic bacteria; Tidal fluctuation; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOONS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; TIDAL FLUCTUATION; URBAN RUNOFF;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOODS; LAKES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA;

RUNOFF; SEA WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EBB TIDE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; FECES MICROFLORA; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FECES; LOS ANGELES; SEAWATER; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874959661     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2737-3     Document Type: Article

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