Foreshore sand as a source of Escherichia coli in nearshore water of a Lake Michigan Beach

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5555-5562

  Whitman, Richard L ^a   Nevers, Meredith B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METEOROLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITION;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BEACH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; LAKE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAKE; NONHUMAN; SAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BATHING BEACHES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; MICHIGAN; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141704576     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5555-5562.2003     Document Type: Article

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