Anthropogenic impacts on water quality of the lagoonal coast of Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-390

  Fujita, Masafumi ^a   Suzuki, Jumpei ^b   Sato, Daisaku ^a   Kuwahara, Yuji ^a   Yokoki, Hiromune ^a   Kayanne, Hajime ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Escherichia coli; Pacific Island; Redox potential; Septic tank; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879782713     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0204-x     Document Type: Article

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