Distribution and persistence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in stream bed and bank sediments from two urban streams in Houston, TX

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 650-658

  Brinkmeyer, Robin ^a   Amon, Rainer M W ^a   Schwarz, John R ^a   Saxton, Tara ^a,d   Roberts, Dustin ^a,e   Harrison, Sarah ^a,f   Ellis, Nicholas ^a,g   Fox, Jessica ^a,h   DiGuardi, Katherine ^a   Hochman, Mona ^a   Duan, Shuiwang ^a,i   Stein, Ron ^b   Elliott, Catherine ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Harris County Flood Control District   (United States)

^d Glori Energy Inc   (United States)

^e Water Quality Division   (United States)

^f MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

^h Air Quality Division   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Sediment; Urban stream; Watershed

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

BANK SEDIMENTS; ENTEROCOCCI; HOUSTON; STREAMBEDS; URBAN STREAM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FECAL COLIFORM; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; STREAM BED; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; TEXAS; URBANIZATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84907978488     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.071     Document Type: Article

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