Study of the bacterial content of ring-billed gull droppings in relation to recreational water quality

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1089-1096

  Lévesque, Benoı̂t ^a   Brousseau, Pierre ^b   Bernier, France ^c   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Joly, Jean ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Médecine de l Université de Montréal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecal coliform; Gull; Recreational water; Salmonella spp

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FECAL COLIFORMS; PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS; RING BILLED GULL DROPPINGS;

WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIUM; FECES; POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SEASHORE; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; YERSINIA;

AEROMONAS; CAMPYLOBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA;

EID: 0343415704     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00266-3     Document Type: Article

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