Residual indicator bacteria in autosampler tubing: A field and laboratory assessment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1120-1126

  Hathaway, J M ^a   Hunt, W F ^b   Guest, R M ^c   McCarthy, D T ^d  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autosamplers; Contamination; E. coli; Fecal coliform; Field monitoring; Indicator bacteria

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TUBING; WATER QUALITY;

AUTOSAMPLERS; E. COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FIELD MONITORING; INDICATOR BACTERIA;

WATER POLLUTION;

STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; FECAL COLIFORM; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOSAMPLER TUBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FIELD STUDY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; WEATHER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84897133856     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.035     Document Type: Article

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