| evaluating short-term changes in recreational water quality during a hydrograph event using a combination of microbial tracers, environmental microbiology, microbial source tracking and hydrological techniques: a case study in southwest wales, uk. | quantitative assessment of multiple sources to short-term variations in recreational water quality, as indexed by faecal indicator organism (fio) concentrations, is becoming increasingly important with adoption of modern water quality standards and catchment-based water quality management requirements (e.g. the eu water framework directive, article 11 'programmes of measures' and the us clean water act, 'total maximum daily loads'). this paper describes a study combining microbial tracers, inten ... | 2010 | 20630556 |