Coliform bacteria in Sierra Nevada wilderness lakes and streams: What is the impact of backpackers, pack animals, and cattle?

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Focus Technologies   (United States)

^c Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Kings Canyon National Park; Sierra Nevada; Water; Yosemite National Park

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISHER EXACT TEST; GRAZING; HERD; HUMAN; LAKE; LEISURE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERRATIA; SHEEP; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; YERSINIA;

EID: 33644849254     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR05-05.1     Document Type: Article

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