An analysis of wilderness water in Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and Yosemite national parks for coliform and pathologic bacteria

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-244

  Derlet, Robert W ^a,b   Carlson, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Kings Canyon National Park; Sequoia National Park; Wilderness water; Yosemite

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; SERRATIA; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; YERSINIA;

EID: 11144317884     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)015[0238:AAOWWI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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