Fecal contamination in the surface waters of a rural and an urban-source watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1556-1567

  Stea, Emma C ^a   Truelstrup Hansen, Lisbeth ^a,c   Jamieson, Rob C ^a   Yost, Christopher K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; SALMONELLA; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY; URBAN GROWTH; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

COLONY FORMING UNITS; ENTERIC BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA (MTDNA); NEPHELOMETRIC TURBIDITY UNITS; ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS; SOURCE WATER PROTECTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDALES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84944342438     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.11.0459     Document Type: Article

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