Microbes in beach sands: Integrating environment, ecology and public health

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-368

  Whitman, Richard L ^a   Harwood, Valerie J ^b   Edge, Thomas A ^c   Nevers, Meredith B ^a   Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara ^a   Vijayavel, Kannappan ^d,e   Brandão, João ^f   Sadowsky, Michael J ^g   Alm, Elizabeth Wheeler ^h   Crowe, Allan ^c   Ferguson, Donna ⁱ   Ge, Zhongfu ^a   Halliday, Elizabeth ^j   Kinzelman, Julie ^k   Kleinheinz, Greg ^l   Przybyla Kelly, Kasia ^a   Staley, Christopher ^g   Staley, Zachery ^o   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^m,n  

^a US Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Environmental Health Division   (United States)

^e Remediation and Redevelopment Division   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^k Department of Public Health City of Racine ^*  (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^m University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Beach sand; Fate; Fecal indicator bacteria; Pathogens; Psammon; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84905239658     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-014-9340-8     Document Type: Review

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