Faecal coliform bacteria in febros river (Northwest Portugal): Temporal variation, correlation with water parameters, and species identification

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 21-36

  Cabral, João Paulo ^a,b   Marques, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

D glucuronidase; Ammonia; Escherichia coli; Faecal coliforms; Klebsiella

Indexed keywords

FAECAL COLIFORMS; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

AMMONIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

AMMONIA; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORTUGAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GLUCURONIDASE; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33748127110     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-0771-8     Document Type: Article

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