Hydrometeorological and physicochemical drivers of fecal indicator bacteria in urban stream bottom sediments

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2034-2043

  Liao, Hehuan ^a   Krometis, Leigh Anne H ^a   Hession, W C ^a   House, Leanna L ^b   Kline, Karen ^a   Badgley, Brian D ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; WATERSHED-SCALE MODELS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALIBRATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84911957843     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.06.0255     Document Type: Article

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