Modeling Fecal Bacteria in Oregon Coastal Streams Using Spatially Explicit Watershed Characteristics

Pathogens, such as Escherichia coli and fecal coliforms, are causing the majority of water quality impairments in U.S., making up ~87% of this grouping's violations. Predicting and characterizing source, transport processes, and microbial survival rates is extremely challenging, due to the dyna...

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Main Author: Pettus, Paul Bryce
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 2013
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Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1493
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2492&context=open_access_etds