Evaluation of avian waste and bird counts as predicators of Escherichia coli contamination at Door County, Wisconsin beaches

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-123

  Kleinheinz, Gregory T ^a   McDermott, Colleen M ^a   Chomeau, Vinni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b Door County Soil and Water Conservation Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian waste; Beach monitoring; Birds; E. coli; Lake Michigan; Recreational water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; MONITORING; SEWAGE;

AVIAN WASTE; BEACH MONITORING; BIRDS; LAKE MICHIGAN; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING (MST); RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY;

WASTES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEACH; FECES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEWAGE; WATERFOWL;

DOOR COUNTY; GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645741983     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[117:EOAWAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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