Application of mussels as biosamplers for characterization of faecal pollution in coastal recreational waters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 586-593

  Roslev, P ^a   Bukh, A S ^a   Iversen, L ^a   Sonderbo H ^a   Iversen, N ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faecal indicators; Microbial source tracking; Recreational waters; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

BIOSAMPLER; BLUE MUSSELS; E. COLI; ELEVATED LEVEL; FAECAL BACTERIA; FAECAL INDICATORS; HUMAN WASTE; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MOLECULAR MARKER; MYTILUS EDULIS; RECREATIONAL WATER; RELEVANT TARGET; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SHELLFISH; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER COLUMNS;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

MOLECULAR MARKER; SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECREATION; STANDARD; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYTILUS EDULIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECREATION; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 78049391320     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.910     Document Type: Article

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