Influence of Freshwater Sediment Characteristics on Persistence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 217-227

  Haller, Laurence ^a   Amedegnato, Essoêfli ^a   Poté, John ^a   Wildi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fecal indicator bacteria; Human health risk; Nutrients; Organic matter; Sediments; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MICROBIAL POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SURVIVAL;

WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 85014433718     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0005-0     Document Type: Article

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