Abundance, diet and Salmonella contamination of gulls feeding at sewage outfalls

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2653-2660

  Ferns, Peter N ^a   Mudge, Gregory P ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gulls; Public health; Salmonella; Sewage discharge; Sewage outfalls

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIRD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0034237430     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00427-3     Document Type: Article

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