Significant Escherichia coli Attenuation by Vegetative Buffers on Annual Grasslands - Tate, Kenneth W.; Atwill, Edward R.; Bartolome, James W.; Nader, Glenn (Journal of environmental quality, 2006)
Keywords: agricultural runoff; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animals; annual grasslands; Applied sciences; Bacteria; bacterial contamination; Biological and medical sciences; Buffers; California; Cattle; cattle manure; Colony Count, Microbial; Dry season; E coli; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Exact sciences and technology; Feces; Feces - microbiology; filter strips; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Grasslands; Infiltration capacity; isolation & purification; Microbiology; overland flow; Parasites; physiology; Poaceae; Poaceae - physiology; Pollution; pollution control; Pollution, environment geology; rain; Rainfall-runoff relationships; Runoff; Surface water; Vegetation; California; United States; North America; America; INE, USA, California; Grassland; Hill; Escherichia coli; Dry matter; Rain; Selfpurification; Placement; Collector; Land slope; Bacteria; Attenuation; Agriculture; Feces; Rainy season; Waterborne transmission; Ungulata; Enterobacteriaceae; Vegetative filter strip; Bovine; Pollutant behavior; Runoff water; Project; Soils; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Dry season; Animal; Surface water; Vegetation; Infiltration; Artiodactyla; Mediterranean climate