Diurnal variability in concentrations and sources of Escherichia coli in three streams

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1130-1135

  Meays, Cindy L ^a,b   Broersma, Klaas ^b   Nordin, Rick ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a   Samadpour, Mansour ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Institute for Environmental Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial source tracking; Escherichia coli; Fecal bacteria; Microbial source tracking; Ribotyping; Source tracking; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BACTERIAL SOURCE TRACKING; FECAL BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; RIBOTYPING;

MICROORGANISMS;

DRINKING WATER;

DIURNAL VARIATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POINT SOURCE; RNA; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; TRACKING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA FINGERPRINTING; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; PERIODICITY; RIBOTYPING; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846949308     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-066     Document Type: Article

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