Significant Escherichia coli Attenuation by Vegetative Buffers on Annual Grasslands

• Published in: Journal of environmental quality Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 795 - 805
• Main Authors: Tate, Kenneth W., Atwill, Edward R., Bartolome, James W., Nader, Glenn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society 01.05.2006; Crop Science Society of America; American Society of Agronomy
• Subjects: 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

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to estimate the retention efficiency of vegetative buffers for Escherichia coli deposited on grasslands in cattle fecal deposits and subject to natural rainfall‐runoff conditions. The study was conducted on annual grasslands in California's northern Sierra Nevada...