Modelling faecal contamination in the Scheldt drainage network

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-88

  Ouattara, Nouho Koffi ^a   de Brauwere, Anouk ^b,c   Billen, Gilles ^d   Servais, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Microbiological water quality; Modelling; Scenarios; Scheldt river drainage network

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORKS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; SCENARIOS; SCHELDT DRAINAGE NETWORK; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DRAINAGE; MODELS; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRAINAGE NETWORK; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERSCHELDE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84883505178     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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