Hydrometeorological variables predict fecal indicator bacteria densities in freshwater: data-driven methods for variable selection

Health Risks of Limited-Contact Water Recreation

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Empirical comparison of tree ensemble variable importance measures

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Classification in conservation biology: A comparison of five machine-learning methods

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Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

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Predicting assemblages and species richness of endemic fish in the upper Yangtze River

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Novel application of a statistical technique, Random Forests, in a bacterial source tracking study

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Modeling Enterococcus densities measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and membrane filtration using environmental conditions at four Great Lakes beaches

(2009) Justin W. Telech et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Seasonal relationships among indicator bacteria, pathogenic bacteria, Cryptosporidium oocysts, Giardia cysts, and hydrological indices for surface waters within an agricultural landscape

(2009) Graham Wilkes et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Dry and wet weather microbial characterization of the Chicago area waterway system

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Monitoring of Waterborne Pathogens in Surface Waters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Potential Health Risk Associated with Exposure to Cryptosporidium and Giardia in These Waters

(2008) F. M. Schets et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Conditional Variable Importance for Random Forests

(2008) Carolin Strobl et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Coastal Strategies to Predict Escherichia coli Concentrations for Beaches along a 35 km Stretch of Southern Lake Michigan

(2008) Meredith B. Nevers et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nowcasting and Forecasting Concentrations of Biological Contaminants at Beaches: A Feasibility and Case Study

(2008) Walter E. Frick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Identifying individual rain events from pluviograph records: a review with analysis of data from an Australian dryland site

(2008) David Dunkerley   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Evaluation of public health risks at recreational beaches in Lake Michigan via detection of enteric viruses and a human-specific bacteriological marker

(2008) Mark Wong et al.   WATER RESEARCH