Quantifying environmental reservoirs of fecal indicator bacteria associated with sediment and submerged aquatic vegetation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 932-942

  Badgley, Brian D ^a,c   Thomas, Florence I M ^b   Harwood, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79953287066     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02397.x     Document Type: Article

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