Predicting E. coli concentrations using limited qPCR deployments at Chicago beaches
Culture-based methods to measure Escherichia coli (E. coli) are used by beach administrators to inform whether bacteria levels represent an elevated risk to swimmers. Since results take up to 12 h, statistical models are used to forecast bacteria levels in lieu of test results; however they underest...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-02-01
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Series: | Water Research X |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589914718300161 |