Seasonal enumeration of fecal coliform bacteria from the feces of ring- billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) and Canada geese (Branta canadensis)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5628-5630

  Alderisio, K A ^a   DeLuca, N ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

AVIFAUNA; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL PELLET; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIRD; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

BRANTA CANADENSIS; LARUS DELAWARENSIS;

EID: 0032731967     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5628-5630.1999     Document Type: Article

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