Effect of submarine groundwater discharge on bacterial indicators and swimmer health at Avalon Beach, CA, USA

Water Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-36

  Yau, Vincent M ^a   Schiff, Kenneth C ^b   Arnold, Benjamin F ^c   Griffith, John F ^b   Gruber, Joshua S ^c   Wright, Catherine C ^c   Wade, Timothy J ^d   Burns, Susan ^c   Hayes, Jacqueline M ^c   McGee, Charles ^e   Gold, Mark ^f   Cao, Yiping ^b   Boehm, Alexandria B ^g   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b   Colford Jr , John M ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal illness; Indicator organisms; Marine water; QPCR; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BEACHES; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBMARINES; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MARINE WATERS; QPCR; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH RISK; MONITORING; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBMARINE SPRING; WATER QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECAL COLIFORM; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; SWALLOWING; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

AVALON BEACH; CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; SUNLIGHT; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899689326     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.050     Document Type: Article

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