Coliform and pathologic bacteria in Sierra Nevada national forest wilderness area lakes and streams

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Derlet, Robert W ^a,c   Carlson, James R ^a   Noponen, Mikla N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Escherichia coli; Sierra Nevada; Wilderness bacteria; Wilderness water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERRATIA; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 11144249331     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)015[0245:CAPBIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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