Quantifying faecal indicator organism hydrological transfer pathways and phases in agricultural catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 520, Issue , 2015, Pages 286-299

  Murphy, S ^a,b   Jordan, P ^c   Mellander, P E ^a   O' Flaherty, V ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchments; E. coli; Faecal indicator organisms; Nutrients; Transfer pathways

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FAECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; TRANSFER PATHWAY; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

CATCHMENTS;

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATOR ORGANISM; GEOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; KARST; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOADOGRAPH RECESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEASON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84949105787     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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