Modeling Fecal Coliform Bacteria Levels at Gulf Coast Beaches

Water Quality, Exposure and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-263

  Zhang, Zaihong ^a   Deng, Zhiqiang ^a   Rusch, Kelly A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANN model; Antecedent rainfalls; Coastal beaches; Fecal coliform level; Tide

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACTERIOLOGY; BEACH; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TIDE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006184536     PISSN: 18761658     EISSN: 18761666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-014-0145-3     Document Type: Article

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