Differential behaviour of Escherichia coli and Campylobacter spp. in a stream draining dairy pasture

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Stott, Rebecca ^a   Davies Colley, Robert ^a   Nagels, John ^a   Donnison, Andrea ^b   Ross, Colleen ^b   Muirhead, Richard ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter spp; Dairying; E. Coli; Faecal contamination; Floods; Stream

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; DAIRY FARMING; FECES; FLOOD; FLOOD WAVE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MITIGATION; PASTURE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STREAMWATER; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; STREAM (RIVER); TURBIDITY; WATER FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TOENEPI STREAM; WAIKATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CAMPYLOBACTER; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FLOODS; NEW ZEALAND; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 79954492659     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.061     Document Type: Article

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