Persistence and potential growth of the fecal indicator bacteria, Escherichia coli, in shoreline sand at Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-405

  Alm, Elizabeth Wheeler ^a   Burke, Janice ^a,b   Hagan, Erin ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach monitoring; E. coli; Fecal indicator; Growth; Persistence; Sand; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; GROWTH KINETICS; SAND; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER QUALITY;

BEACH MONITORING; FECAL INDICATOR; GROWTH; PERSISTENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FECAL COLIFORM; FRESHWATER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOLATION EFFECT; MICROCOSM; POPULATION GROWTH; SAND; SHORE (NONMARINE); SHORELINE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746132338     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[401:PAPGOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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