Quantifying the variability in Escherichia coli (E. coli) throughout storm events at a karst spring in northwestern Arkansas, United States

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4607-4623

  Knierim, Katherine J ^a   Hays, Phillip D ^a   Bowman, Darrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Bella Vista Village Property Owners Association   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Geochemistry; Hydrogeology; Karst; Ozarks

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; NITRATES; SEPTIC TANKS; SPRINGS (WATER); STORMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER ABSORPTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; KARST; ON-SITE SEPTIC SYSTEM; OZARKS; SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BASEFLOW; BIOINDICATOR; CHLORIDE; GIS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KARST; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARKANSAS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84940725560     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4416-5     Document Type: Article

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