Characterizing spatial structure of sediment E. coli populations to inform sampling design

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 277-291

  Piorkowski, Gregory S ^a   Jamieson, Rob C ^a   Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup ^a   Bezanson, Greg S ^b   Yost, Chris K ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal population; E. coli; Fluvial morphology; Sampling design; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CLONAL POPULATION; E. COLI; FLUVIAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAST ABSOLUTE SHRINKAGE AND SELECTION OPERATORS; MEDIAN PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SAMPLING DESIGN; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

DEPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; STORMS; VELOCITY; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BASEFLOW; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DESIGN; DIAMETER; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; STREAM BED; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HURRICANE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84891344877     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3373-2     Document Type: Article

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