Water Quality Dynamics in Response to Rainfall along an Estuarine Ecocline

Stormwater runoff is an important nonpoint source of fecal pollution in coastal environments. In anticipation of future coastal urbanization and altered weather patterns, it is increasingly important to understand the impact of rainfall; therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine how rainfall impacts water quality along an estuarine ecocline in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Decreasing levels of enterococci were detected along...