The rate of concentration of faecal coliforms in shellfish under different environmental conditions

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 991-1000

  Solic M ^a   Krstulovic N ^a   Jozic S ^a   Curac D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PATHOGENS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

SEA WATER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTER FEEDER; HEALTH RISK; MARINE POLLUTION; SHELLFISH;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0033396873     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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