HuBac and nifH Source Tracking Markers Display a Relationship to Land Use but Not Rainfall

Citation

Gentry-Shields, Jennifer; Rowny, Jakob G.; & Stewart, Jill R. (2012). HuBac and nifH Source Tracking Markers Display a Relationship to Land Use but Not Rainfall. Water Research, 46(18), 6163-6174.

Abstract

Identification of the source of fecal pollution is becoming a priority for states and territories in the U.S. in order to meet water quality standards and to develop and implement total maximum daily loads. The goal of this research was to relate microbial source tracking (MST) assay concentrations to land use and levels of impervious surfaces in order to gauge how increasing development is associated with human fecal contamination in inland watersheds. The concentrations of two proposed MST markers, targeting

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.016

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2012

Journal Title

Water Research

Author(s)

Gentry-Shields, Jennifer
Rowny, Jakob G.
Stewart, Jill R.

ORCiD

Stewart, J - 0000-0002-3474-5233