Abundance of sewage-pollution indicator and human pathogenic bacteria in a tropical estuarine complex

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 245-256

  Nagvenkar, G S ^a   Ramaiah, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Allochthonous bacteria; Human pathogenic bacteria; Marine environmental contamination; Sewage pollution indicators; Tropical estuaries

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ALLOCHTHONOUS BACTERIA; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CURRENT LEVELS; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; HUMAN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; LAND DRAINAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NEARSHORES; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; POLLUTION INDICATORS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SALMONELLA SPP; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TROPICAL ESTUARIES; UPSTREAM REGION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WEST COAST;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARIES; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TROPICS;

BACTERIA;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; INDIA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SALMONELLA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SEWER OUTFALL; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INDIA; RIVERS; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; MANDOVI ESTUARY; SOUTH ASIA; ZUARI ESTUARY;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 68149148795     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0432-1     Document Type: Article

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